VOA Khmer, Kampong Speu, Cambodia
Tuesday, 01 March 2011
“I am regretful that I could never afford to treat her to a big meal in a restaurant.”
Like other families of stampede victims on Diamond Bridge, Leung Porn’s family decided to hold the 100-day ceremony last weekend at a Buddhist clergyman’s suggestion.
Leung Porn’s wife, Tor Sophal, was one of the 353 victims killed in the stampede on the bridge during last year’s water festival.
Leung Porn, who is 54 and now the single father of three children, said the ceremony will help his wife rest in peace.
“The ceremony is to stop her soul from wandering and help her reincarnate,” he said in an interview. “I pray for her to be reborn in a better life, one not as miserable as this one.”
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