A photograph of a young man playing a New Year game, 1989

A photograph of a young man playing a New Year game, 1989

1989

A photograph of a young man playing veay ka'am during the Khmer New Year celebration at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center. In this game, played during the New Year celebration, a person is blindfolded and uses a pole to break open a clay pot hanging from a tree. The clay pot is sometimes full of candy.

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