
A Cambodian dancer, foreground left, performs during a merit making ceremony Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at Cambodia's Ministry of Information in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days, from April 14 through 16 this year

A Cambodian dancer wears mash during a merit making ceremony Tuesday, April 12, 2011, at Cambodia's Ministry of Information in Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days, from April 14 through 16 this year

A Cambodian man races his oxcart upon the oxcart tournament during a merit making ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Prey Ta-auk village, Kampong Speu province, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia

A Cambodian boy races his oxcart upon the oxcart tournament during a merit making ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Prey Ta-auk village, Kampong Speu province, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days, from April 14 through 16 this year.

Cambodian villagers race their oxcart upon an oxcart tournament during a merit making ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Prey Ta-auk village, Kampong Speu province, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days, from April 14 through 16 this year

Cambodian men race their oxcart upon an oxcart tournament during a merit making ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Prey Ta-auk village, Kampong Speu province, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days, from April 14 through 16 this year.


Cambodian villagers race their oxcart upon an oxcart tournament during a merit making ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Prey Ta-auk village, Kampong Speu province, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days, from April 14 through 16 this year.

Cambodian villagers race their oxcart upon the oxcart tournament during a merit making ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Prey Ta-auk village, Kampong Speu province, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days from April 14 this year

Cambodian villagers race their oxcart upon the oxcart tournament during a merit making ceremony Wednesday, April 13, 2011, at Prey Ta-auk village, Kampong Speu province, about 35 kilometers (22 miles) southwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia. The ceremony was held in advance of Cambodian New Year's celebration which lasts for three days from April 14 this year.