A photograph of a woman building a small pile of sand, 1989

A photograph of a woman building a small pile of sand, 1989

1989

A photograph of a woman building a small pile of sand as part of a Khmer New Year ritual. This took place at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center. The sand represents bad actions or sins to be washed away by water or rain.

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