Vendors at the New Year Celebration

Khmer New Year

Vendors at the New Year Celebrations

16 April 2003

A balloon toy salesman Sidewalk food seller

All sorts of food and trinkets are on sale from hawkers carrying their goods on their heads, on coolie poles, in carts, or on bicycles. And others stake out a place on the sidewalk and cook food on the spot.

A very young hawker More sidewalk salesladies

Some of the youngest sidewalk vendors I've seen!

Selling lotus seeds Competition from a cigarette company

This man is selling lotus plants. The pods are broken open with the fingers to get at the seeds which are edible. Cigarette companies often set up displays, like this one with a Formula One car, to attract crowds at major festivals.

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All sorts of food and trinkets are on sale from hawkers carrying their goods on their heads, on coolie poles, in carts, or on bicycles. And others stake out a place on the sidewalk and cook food on the spot.


Some of the youngest sidewalk vendors I've seen!


This man is selling lotus plants. The pods are broken open with the fingers to get at the seeds which are edible. Cigarette companies often set up displays, like this one with a Formula One car, to attract crowds at major festivals.