Dear Valued Tourist, This is another Cambodia ritual ceremony for daughter Chol Mlobb is a rite of passage and means to enter the shadow (Chol means enter and Mlobb refers to the shadow). This ceremony is only celebrated for the daughter of the family. There are two main aims of this celebration: to educate morality, virtue, and right behavior and to make the daughter become a beautiful girl. Through this event, the girl will become a perfect, beautiful woman that young men will pay attention to. She will also bring honor to her family. During this period, she learns many things, such as rules of conduct for women, housewifery, taking care of children, weaving, recipes and how to behave with other people. She has to wear a long sleeved shirt and a long skirt. At nighttime, she has to wear powder and saffron on her body. The duration of Chol Mlobb is dependent on how wealthy the family is and the number of members in the family. It usually takes from between three to six months. In the past, girls were not allowed to go to school because all schools were located in pagodas and most of the teachers were monks, thus the girls were not able to attend. On the other hand, some families did not want their daughters go to school so that they could keep an eye on their daughters. Many people believed that the home was the best place to educate girls at that time.
Posted on: Wed, 08 Oct 2014 09:54:03 +0000
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