Cambodian villagers celebrate traditional fishing festival in cultural province

STORY: Cambodian villagers celebrate traditional fishing festival in cultural province SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 11, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 13, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:08 LOCATION: Phnom Penh CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of traditional fishing festival in Cambodia STORYLINE: Wading in thigh-deep muddy waters in a big lake in Cambodia's cultural province of Siem Reap, hundreds of villagers on Sunday used traditional fishing tools to catch fish in an annual fishing festival. Wearing palm leaf hats and traditional scarves to protect themselves from the scorching sun, villagers netted freshwater snakehead fish, catfish and climbing perch fish in a protected lake in Bangkoang village, Prasat Bakong district, about 300 kilometers from the capital Phnom Penh. Fish is a major source of protein for the population in the Southeast Asian country. According to the ministry of agriculture, forestry and fisheries, Cambodians eat an average of 52.4 kilograms of fish per person a year. Xinhua News Agency corresponden