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Rice offerings can be made into the air or an empty field
Pchum Ben is a Cambodian religious festival honouring deceased relatives. Offerings to monks are understood to generate merit for the dead. Some temples also practise offerings such as throwing rice balls into the air or scattering rice in an empty field, believed to reach spirits directly.
The offerings share a purpose, but not just one interpretation.
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