Lễ hội Chôl Chnăm Thmây của người Khmer Nam bộ truyền thống và hiện đại

Abstract

Chol Chnam Thmay is one of the three big festivals of the Southern Khmer, which had both traditional folk elements and the features of Theravada Buddhism in their life. But due to the objective impacts of social life, it has changed many elements of Chol Chnam Thmay festival such as the organizational method, time and psychology of the cultural subjects. By comparing and contrasting traditional festival elements and those of the modern, the paper initially displays aspects and causes of change in the festival.