Saturday’s beautiful and sizzling hot weather gave this year’s annual Southeast Asian Water Festival an excellent turnout. Among the many booths and events, there were boat races, lots of asian foods and drinks, fresh coconut juices, tropical fruits, Cambodian books, CD’s, and DVD’s (bootleg and legitimate), crafts, toys, paintings from Cambodian artists, tropical plants like Kaffir Tree and Rice Paddy herbs, etc. Some were sold for personal profits, but most raised funds on behalf of their temples, churches or other non-profit organizations.
I was still a tad bit sick and could not last too long in the hot weather, but I did show up at the peak hours of the festival to enjoy the day and to help the Vanderbilt Republic Foundation spread the word about their “Masters” project with Cambodian Living Arts.
Below are the of the postcard that we handed out.
