Government Almanac Predicts the New Year
The Cambodia Daily | April 17, 2014
Wednesday was the last official day of Khmer New Year, but the
Year of the Horse has only just begun. For those disinclined to take
each day as it comes, the New Year Almanac, published annually by the
government, can act as a compass to navigate the months ahead.
The book brims with prophesies on war and peace, predictions on the
weather, prognoses for rice crops and even pointers for what to buy and
when to buy it, depending on the relation of your birth to the lunar
calendar.
The first edition of the almanac was released in 1998 and since then
about 1,500 copies of the handbook have been published every year by the
Ministry of Cults and Religion. Its author is Im Borin, deputy
secretary-general of the National Committee for Organizing National and
International Festivals.
Though he composes the predictions, Mr. Borin insists that they are
not speculations, but rather insights into a complex mix of indigenous,
Hindu, and Buddhist astrological traditions.
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