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Welcome to CCD

Welcome to the Cambodian Community Day (CCD) website. We appreciate your visit. The CCD seeks to integrate the Cambodian culture into American society. CCD is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization. All donations are tax-deductible to the extent of the laws.

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CCD Festival of 2013

Sunday September 22nd, 2013 (tentative)
11:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Ben Brenman Park 4800 Brenman Park Drive, Alexandria, VA

 

Thank you for coming to 2012 event. Click here for 2012 pictures and video gallery.

Our yearbook is available to download here. 

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What We Do?

The purpose of celebrating the Cambodian Community Day is to bring Cambodian and American families/communities together to recognize Khmer achievements, to raise the awareness of Khmer culture, and to strengthen Khmer voice in America and in the world. We believe that Cambodian heritages are abundant, but few people in the world know about them. We seek to erase world's bad perception that Cambodia is a killing fields...

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Culture and Heritage News

  • Cambodia's Cultural Crown Jewel... Read More
  • Cambodia makes its own cars... Read More
  • New York's Met museum to return two... Read More
  • Royal Ballet of Cambodia at Brooklyn... Read More
  • Angkor was a city ahead of its time... Read More
  • Climate Helped Bring Angkor to Its Knees... Read More
  • After rising to sublime heights, the sacred... Read More
  • Bodies of Evidence in Southeast Asia... Read More
  • Ancient Khmer Families Discovered... Read More
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President Message

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Dear friends and families,

On behalf of Cambodian Community Day (CCD) Board of Directors, members and volunteers, I would like to wish you a Happy Khmer New Year, Buddhist Era 2557, the Year of Snake. May you have success, prosperity, good health in the year to come.

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Cambodian New Year

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When is Cambodian/Khmer New Year 2013?

The 2013 Khmer New Year Days fall on the 14, 15, and 16 of April. On April 14th at 2:12 AM, it marks the end of Buddhist year 2556 BE (Buddhist Era – based on the Lunar Calendar) and the start of New Year 2557, the year of Snake. The New Year’s angel of this year is Thungsak Tevy, the first daughter of Kabil Moha Prum. She is dwelling at Chatomahara Reachika Palace and wears a ruby necklace and her hair is adorned with a hairpin of pomegranate flower. As weapons, she carries a disc on her right hand and a shell on her left hand. She rides Garuda as vehicle. Her favorite food is fig fruit.

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Cambodian Community Day is a 501(c)(3) organization. Your donation is tax-deductible to the extent of the laws. We believe our mission is a noble cause. Please help us achieve our goal. Your online donation via PayPal is secured.

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Communities

CCD Trough Len - by Isaac D. Pacheco (click on picture)

 

VOA News Coverage - CCD 2012 (click on pictures)

 

 

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Voice of America/Khmer: Dr Chanthourn Thuy

A Khmer Archaeologist visited USA in July 2012 to  present his research finding about ancient iron smelter in Cambodia to Cambodian-American communities. One of his stop was Washington, DC Metro area. Click on picture to watch the VOA News coverage during his presentation in Annandale VA.

 

Voice of America Interviewed Ms Sophia Tep, CCD Vice-President

 

Click the picture to read and play the video.

Sam Relief  Dec 2012 Newsletter 

Sam Relief was very busy in early April of 2012 and has delivered another 10 tons of rice to Angkor Children Hospital at Siem Reap.

Women's Health Study: http://mapa.nur.utexas.edu

Replica of Angkor Wat

We have bought a replica of Angkor Wat (picture shown above). 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.

Phare Ponleu Selpak

Phare Ponleu Selpak (website: www.phareps.org) is a Cambodian association providing artistic activities to children and adults around the Battambang vicinity. The artistic fields are: performing arts (circus, theater, dancing, music), visual arts (cartoon animation, painting contemporary, illustration and graphic design) and social actions (governmental school pre-school through high school, child care center, and transitional youth house). Learn more ...

Indigenous People

Indigenous People

Ratanakiri Tribe

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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