The annual festival marks the end of Cambodia’s rainy season, which often coincides with the reversal of the flow of the Cambodia’s Tonle Sap River (this reversal only happens in two places in the world) and the resultant flooding of the Tonle Sap lake.
Bon Om Touk has been celebrated in Cambodia since as early as the 13th Century around the time of Angkorian King Jayavarman VII, and signifies a celebration of water as an invaluable, life-giving resource: when the lake floods, it becomes a significant source of fish, and the surrounding farmland benefits from an increased surplus of minerals from the lake.
David said: "A good time to cool off as people randomly throw water at you!"
