Religion Ministry to hold wedding rituals seminar

In an effort to standardise wedding rituals, Cambodia’s achars, or laymen who carry out Buddhist rites of passage, have been invited to a 10-day training course next month in the capital, the Ministry of Cults and Religion announced last week.

Seng Somony, the ministry’s spokesman, said yesterday the course was intended to guarantee that cultural practices are carried out in a similar manner across the country as a way to preserve them for future generations.

Referring to practices in some parts of the country in which the bride washes the feet of the groom, while in other areas “the bride is supposed to place the wedding garland on the groom”, Somony said that one practice will be formally agreed upon, although there will be no punishment for achars who do not follow the prescribed ritual.

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