The Fall River community gathered on April 9, 2022, for a Khmer New Year Flag Raising Ceremony. The event commenced with an introduction from an organizer, followed by remarks from Mayor Paul Coogan, who acknowledged City Councilor Trotley's presence. Mayor Coogan then read a proclamation, officially declaring April 14th to 16th, 2022, as Khmer New Year in the City of Fall River. The proclamation detailed the holiday's traditions, including the three days of celebration: Moha Songkran, Virak Vanabat, and Virak Laeurng Sak. The Mayor presented the proclamation to Sophie. Jim Hansby, recognized for sponsoring many Cambodian immigrants to the United States, including the family of the event's organizer, spoke and extended New Year wishes, also asking for prayers for the people of Cambodia and Ukraine. Wendy, identified as the Cambodia absolutely director, was also invited to speak. A representative from the Mass Apsara Dance Group announced upcoming Khmer New Year celebrations on April 16th and 17th at the Five Star restaurant on Buckland Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island, which would include religious services and various activities. The ceremony featured cultural performances and the raising of the Cambodian flag.
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thank you i want to say thank you for being here for our cambodian new year uh flag racing today is really special day for our community and really special day i want to appreciate everyone that show up over here and support our community and i want to introduce you to mr mayor please come up well this is this is a very special day in fall river and it's a great day to
0:52honor our cambodian community but i also want to thank another member of the city council that's very involved with all the community groups city councilor trotley for coming out today to join us so because i know a lot of these kids from durfee it really always makes me feel good to see them out in the community and honoring their heritage so we wrote a proclamation for them and for you today
1:23whereas cambodia's most important holiday command new year or tool time time please don't get mad at me for my pronunciations generally falls on the 13th or 14th of april every year as per the ancient khmer horoscope reading and whereas the khmer new year marks the official end of the harvest season in cambodia and the commencement of the rainy season and whereas like other celebrations in
1:52cambodia the command new year involves practicing the best of your rituals and traditions and the holiday also includes three days of celebration with their own names and associated traditions is the first day of the new year celebration and the inauguration of the khmer new year on this day each member of the family has to work hard in cleaning and decorating the house and arranging food
2:23and drinks on the table for the welcoming of the angels the second day of the command new year signifies a day of donating gifts to the elders of the family which include parents grandparents and offering money food and clothes to the less privileged the third and final day of the command new year is about bidding farewell to the year gone by by welcoming the new year with our new hopes people celebrate
2:52the day by performing pithy shrang pray a ritualistic ceremony of washing and cleaning the lord buddha's statute with scented waters and whereas the command new year falls on the 14th to the 16th of april in 2022 i therefore paul coogan the mayor of fall river do hereby proclaim april 14th to the 16th of 22 as the command new year in the city of fall river and i urge all of our citizens citizens to join me for
3:28this special observance and i thank everyone for coming out today for this very special ceremony and flag raising and i'll give this to my good friend sophie thank you thank you thank you who's going to talk next when let's say a few words no no no okay okay um i would like to uh thank you so much mr mayor i want to invite um jim hansby have a few words because he
4:03jim was the man who sponsored more cambodia and foreign to united states including my family i never forget him thank you so much come out and help you please happy new year happy cambodian new year and welcome all and it is just a fine time and i am so glad to see that the flag will go up and i ask your prayers for the people of cambodia here and in cambodia
4:47and i also ask you to remember the people of ukraine who are going through war themselves now thank you all and happy new year thank you so much tim um the next person i would like recommend wendy cambodia absolutely director please come up please
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7:23thank you very much everyone i didn't expect to come up here and talk but uh the director of the mass apsara dance group uh insisted so i have to come up here okay so just wanted to wish everybody happy command new year uh as part of the cambodian new year celebration we will have two days of function uh celebration at the five star uh restaurant uh located on buckland uh avenue in providence uh rhode island so
7:52we hope to see everyone there it's gonna be saturday from uh 9 30 to 2 p.m we have a couple events in the afternoon after the religious uh services and then on sunday there's going to be another celebration followed by a lot of activities for our group to get engaged uh to be able to participate in so uh so please join us on the 16th and on the 17th of april uh at the five stars in
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