Kathen is the name of a religious ceremony which Cambodia people always celebrate every year in every pagoda or one night and a half day from October to November.

Last year my family and my relatives went to a Kathen in a pagoda in my hometown which is about fifteen kilometers to the south of the center of Takeo Province . The Kathen was celebrated on Sunday so it was a good time for us to go there because it was our holiday. We rented a bus which could take all of us there. In the early moming at 5.00 on that Sunday. We gathered at my house, and got on the bus. We were putting on beautiful, traditional clothes. It took almost three hours to get to the pagoda because we all live in the city. Reaching the pagoda at 8.00 in the moming was really wonderful to visit the Kathen; it was a beautiful day. The sky was blue and the sun was shining brightly. There were so many people walking around  the pagoda.   It was really a good experience to visit a Kathen last year With our relatives.