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The Khmer in Vietnam’s southern region are celebrating the Ok Om Bok or Moon Worship Festival. After the harvest, they hold the Ok Om Bok Festival to honor the Moon, a supernatural power, for protecting their crops, regulating the weather, and blessing them with fruitful crops and prosperity.

Photo: 10 teams join the 2019 Ghe Ngo race in Soc Trang province.

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