The traditional cloth making method and other crafts have been abandoned by indigenous people because of modern life style and industrial technology. CANDO Craft Center, just like CCD, like to preserve their culture and tradition. Please help support them by buying their product. 56% of sale proceed will go to the maker, meaning the indigenous people. They are the people who have a self-reliance life style. For more information, click this link: www.elevyn.com/shop/cando.
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Click here to view the complete CCD 2009 Photo Gallery
Welcome to the Cambodian Community Day (CCD) website. We appreciate your visit. The CCD seeks to integrate the Cambodian culture into American society. We, the CCD planning committee, are committed to making the CCD successful and fun for all communities to experience, enjoy, and remember the Cambodian culture. We strive to advocate, promote and ultimately bring the awareness of the invaluable and distinctive Cambodian cultures to the next highest level.
The CCD operates exclusively on a voluntarily basis. We are a group of enthusiastic people sharing common interest in promoting Cambodian Culture and Heritage. Its primary purpose is to organize the Cambodian Community Day yearly festival. It does not receive any grant from any government agencies. For several years, the CCD festival has been made possible by sponsorship of the Arlington County, the City of Alexandria, many Cambodian organizations. The county and the city only give the committee manpower, logistics, and in-kind services. To help defray some costs, small funds are raised from public, businesses, foods, arts & crafts vending concession and fee. The CCD festival is open to everybody and to any organizations. If your organization would like to participate in the festival, please contact Sophia Tep at 571-218-9513 or send an email to
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. Purpose
The purpose of celebrating the Cambodian Community Day is to bring Cambodian and American families/communities together to recognize Khmer achievements, strengthen Khmer voice and cultures, share Cambodian heritages, and to have fun. Please come and join us.
By working together and sharing our ideas, we all can make to most out of the CCD.
The CCD committee plans, coordinates and executes the CCD yearly event. All Cambodians and Americans in the United States, and abroad, are welcome to join the committee. All persons attending the regularly held committee meetings are welcome to share ideas and to take on any responsibility and commitment in areas best suited with his/her abilities.
Few Highlights Of The Past Events
If you did not come in 2008 or any previous years, check out our picture gallery. Below are just the sample of what we have accomplised. The children are our main motivation. Most Cambodian adults grew up in Cambodia. They have experienced our culture. Cambodian-American children do not have that much opportunities. CCD is gearing up to provide the experiences about the Cambodian culture to children. If you are the parent of adopted Cambodian child, this is one of a lifetime event that you do not want to miss. Please come and join a fun together at Ben Brenman Park, August 24, 2008.
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Replica of Angkor Wat
We have bought a replica of Angkor Wat (picture shown below). It is a sculpture made out from stone, by a sculptor in Pursat province, Cambodia. It is 1.3 meter long, 1.1 meter wide and .35 meter high. It took more than 2 months to complete the sculpture. Click the picture to enlarge.