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Let the fight begin! Khmer New Year 2024 in Siem Reap, Cambodia!
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3 ай бұрынThis video was filmed on 13 April, the first day of Khmer New Year for 2024 in Siem Reap, Cambodia. We rode around looking for water fights and had so much fun. We refrigerated the water for our guns so that when we hit people, they got an extra little fright they weren't expecting! We hope you enjoy this! No real chatting in this video, but we thought you'd like to hear the sounds from the streets as we ride around.
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@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Not much chatting in this ride and chat, but we wanted you to feel like you were there. It was a lot of fun, but not as busy as last year. We will go back tomorrow and see if there are more people around. A word to those people who are in our comments section trying to stir up the 'Thailand is better than Cambodia' or 'Songkran is from Thailand, Cambodia is just copying' sh*t, we will delete your comment as soon as we see it. So don't bother.
@aanii2878 3 ай бұрын
The Cambodian water festival is better, imo. It's sooo much fun, especially for the children. Even the stoics can't help but smile and laugh when getting a bucket of water thrown on them.
@GivingBackOnline 3 ай бұрын
💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿
@philipc239 3 ай бұрын
❤❤❤👍👍
@Pixel7ProKH 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for sharing, Thanks for loving Cambodia! Happy New Year Happy Sankranta Cambodia. Enjoy your holiday ❤
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching. We love Cambodia so much!
@naturallife9923 3 ай бұрын
Happy songkran Khmer new year 🇰🇭🇰🇭🇰🇭❤️🥰🙏🌹
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Happy new year 🎉 ✨ 💛 🤗
@lexo8947 3 ай бұрын
happy Khmer new year
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Happy new year 🎉 ✨ 💛 🤗
@brucesieverts1236 3 ай бұрын
we too celebrated Khmer new year in new Zealand. in a little bit different style .consuming lots of food and drinks. it's a bit cold for water fighting
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Happy New Year 💕 ✨ ☺
@robertdunstan2911 3 ай бұрын
I live in Kampot, this is my first Songkran, and it is everything i imagined it to be. It's so much fun. With laughter and smiles everywhere. We have the Durian Roundabout here, which they close for the celebrations. It is where so many gather. The big attraction is Fire Trucks spraying the crowd in a very safe manner, which just adds to the atmosphere. Love it, love love it. Happy New to you both. Cheers Rob 😊
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
We never had KNY celebrations in Kampot due to Covid restrictions. Have to head there one year to celebrate it and enjoy the fresh seafood from Kep.
@Hea9lt9hy9 3 ай бұрын
Wet mortal combat For Riel 👍👏🎈
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Yes, I think we can safely say we have survived another year.
@TT-oy2kw 3 ай бұрын
Watching the celebration of Khmer New Year is reminded me of the time I was younger in 1985. Splashing water, go to the temples. Thank you for the video ❤❤❤!!
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Cambodians know how to party.
@SorkSeyha 3 ай бұрын
SO COOL❤❤🎉
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
That was tame, it gets crazy after 6pm 😳🤭😘
@Mary-AnnMcGowan-lx6en 3 ай бұрын
What fun. Lots of laughter. Thanks for taking us.
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 😊 ☺
@moonlightmistandmemories9623 3 ай бұрын
Nice aim with the water gun Jeremy 😊, love to see everyone having such fun 😊, great way to celebrate the New Year , Peace
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
They were sitting ducks 🤣😎🤫
@antruok4950 3 ай бұрын
Happy days 😎✔️🙏 Claire is armed 🤩
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
We were packing icy cold 🥶 water 💧
@grahampeters7642 3 ай бұрын
Have Fun 😂❤
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
You too 💕😇🥳
@jaymarquez8975 3 ай бұрын
The videos do not do it justice. Great experience,You ( people) need to come one year too live it up for Khmer New Year !!! 🇰🇭🙏🎉 Was at Pub Street last night awesome!!! Didn't Even need a water gun.. hahaha ps. Did see Jeremy Riding by a restaurant off of chocolate road...
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
He is everywhere, we will be out again tomorrow 🤪🤩🥰
@RustyLid 3 ай бұрын
Silly me had no idea that Siem Reap (Cambodia) did Songkran water splashing. Looks fun. Hope you are drenched with good fortune for the coming year!
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
The real water fighting starts around 8pm, we found out that the hard way.
@nataliev.149 3 ай бұрын
We Cambodian-Americans do it in the USA too since the 1990s I saw at khmer temples as a kid. They started using shaving creams too around that time 😂 as the kids in America were pretty inventive. The water gun was definitely introduced in the 1990s too in the US as nerf guns came out for sale around 1989. The norm is just water and powder though. Happy new year 🎊
@philippegombert9731 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for this funny and weather ride 😂😂😂
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@UMelina-dg9nn 3 ай бұрын
Happy New Year 👊🏻😎💛Love and Respect 1-2!!!
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Happy new year!! 💕
@aljorgy2310 3 ай бұрын
the term riding shotgun, really has meaning....except watergun! 😅
@annacabanna500 3 ай бұрын
It’s so unfortunate I couldn’t attend the water-free-for-all, I’m a cambodian living in rural queensland, australia and my tafe course finished it’s holiday on the 15th April. But I’m happy eapecially for aussies and other tourists to experience this sort of once a year thing. ❤🎉
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
So nice we are heading to Rocky tomorrow to visit Family.
@ThereIsSoulInArt 3 ай бұрын
So much fun! Jeremy's laughter is contagious. 😅
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
It was really fun and everyone gets into it.
@wneighbor2523 3 ай бұрын
Nothing like water combat during Khmer New Year… happy happy happily after
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Same to you! 😇
@dominiquetheeasyminimalist 3 ай бұрын
So much fun! 😂😂
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Wat Bo was insane around 9pm 😳 🔫 🔫 💧 🚰 🚿
@KhmerMinnesnowta 3 ай бұрын
It's unusual hot here today in Minnesota around 80F. It's an average around 50F in April. Spring has sprung and all the flowers will be in full blooms in a few weeks. Enjoy your wet Khmer New Year. Cheers 🍷
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
The world is heating up 🥵😪
@patriot03062 3 ай бұрын
Nice. My friend also sent me video from Battambang. But with the high heat wave in Cambodia the water is a welcome to cool off.
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Yes, it is very nice to get wet at the moment. The temperatures are extremely high right now.
@aanii2878 3 ай бұрын
Quite possibly the world's most perfect holiday 😊. Cheers from Kampot 💦💦💦
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
So much fun! I hope you had fun in Kampot :)
@MarcsMildlyInteresting 3 ай бұрын
Fantastic!! Please tell me you were loaded with nice cold water? It can be brutal hahaha!!
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Yes, fresh from the freezer! It packs that little extra something.
@FrugalWanderer 3 ай бұрын
I enjoy these rides around the city. I see new places that I haven't explored yet. I just saw that 7-11 the other day and haven't gone Into it yet to explore. I will soon though. Thanks for sharing.
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Thanks for coming out into the light, you are a lurker no more! Let's catch up when we are back from Australia in May.
@FrugalWanderer 3 ай бұрын
I'm not 100% sure but I think I had Jeremy say hi to me this morning as he drove by while I was taking a walk downtown. I waved back and said hi, but I was not certain if it was him or not.
@FrugalWanderer 3 ай бұрын
@@ForRiel I look forward to meeting up with you both. Have a safe trip in Australia.
@BIGJED75 3 ай бұрын
@@FrugalWanderer Hello, yes it was me 😊
@FrugalWanderer 3 ай бұрын
@@BIGJED75 I'm glad that it was you. I was hoping that I wasn't wrong in thinking it was you. Nice to be able to wave back. Haha next time we should chat. That's if you aren't too busy.
@mayphum9002 3 ай бұрын
This water splashing is more than a thousand years old tradition but back then the water was blessed by the monks and filled with flowers fragrance .
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Unfortunately the water is not flower Fragranced 😕 😪
@ebx100 3 ай бұрын
Looks like you guys got nailed a few times.
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
We did! A lot of the footage was too watery to use, but so much fun!
@Charlie-phlezk 3 ай бұрын
He's playing it safe there not using the gun too much while on the scooter when it's moving 😂 also hard to aim when moving
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
Jeremy had his hands full riding while being sprayed in the face.
@Paristan01 3 ай бұрын
😂😂
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
🤩🥰🙈
@frankhoover1907 3 ай бұрын
I'm also in Siem Reap, i went out twice today and came back soaking wet both times
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
We just got home from dinner kinda dry. Most people respected the hand up stop sign.
@onevision8097 3 ай бұрын
Learned a little more about the origin of Khmer New Year or Sangkranta: Moha Sangkranta (Khmer: មហាសង្រ្កាន្ត, Môha Sângkrantâ) or Sangkranta, derived from Sanskrit saṅkrānti, is the name of the first day of the new year celebration. It is the end of the year and the beginning of a new one.
@ForRiel 3 ай бұрын
It's a wonderful tradition and we are pleased to be able to enjoy it in its modern form! Thank you for sharing.
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