Pchum Ben ancestral festival
Southeast Asian Traditions Rite / ceremony
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Pchum Ben ancestral festival is cataloged as a Rite / ceremony within Southeast Asian Traditions. Its candidate country context is “Cambodia” and its period or origin is “long-standing; living annual observance.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Khmer Buddhist and ancestral traditions.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Pchum Ben; Phchum Ben; Ancestors’ Day; Festival of the Dead Cambodia
- Parent tradition
- Khmer Buddhist and ancestral traditions
- Public geographic context
- Cambodia
- Period / origin
- long-standing; living annual observance
- Living / historical status
- Living public and temple festival
- Access / protocol
- Community-bound / restricted
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateCambodia
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Related Atlas entries
Stable attribution
Cite this record
Pchum Ben ancestral festival. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 1818. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/1818
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