Food is a part of every human gathering and celebration, and part of the attraction of the Water Festival is the infinite variety of fruits and vegetables--and now packaged snacks--that are available. Selling food is also one of the most dependable ways to earn a little money in an informal economy. Anyone who has an idea, a recipe, and some money borrowed from the neighbors to buy the ingredients can sell some sort of snack.
Anyone call sell any food item and there are no restrictions or health codes or regulations. Hygiene is a foreign concept, literally and metaphorically, in Cambodia.

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