Chol Chnam Thmay Festival is the New Year festival in ancient calendar of the Khmer people. Held in mid-April, the festival occurs in 3 days (4 days for the leap year). People prepare new clothes, food and drinks for whole festival days. They also repair, clean and decorate their house. Everyone is excited to care for holiday. At night of New Year’s Eve, every family prepares a lavish meal, burns incense and candles to welcome the new god, farewell the old god. On the altar, they present 5 flower branches, 5 candles, 5 incense, 5 cereal seeds and fruit crops. They pray for health and luck in the New Year. On the first New Year-Chol Sang Kran Chmay major activities are bathing, dressing nice clothes, bringing sacrifice gifts to the temple in good time which has been selected. On Wonbof day-the second day, they make rice offerings and cover the sand mountain. People cook rice and bring it to the temple in the morning and the afternoon. In the afternoon, they hold the sand mountain covering ceremony to pray for love. On Lom Sak day-the third day, they do Buddha bathing and monk-bathing ceremony. In the morning, people bring breakfast to monks and listen to the sermon. At noon, they burn the lamps, offer sacrifice gifts and bring fragrant water to bathe Buddha statues. After the ceremony at the temple, the monks go to the grave to pray for the souls of those who died. Then they go home and do Buddha bathing ceremony at their own home in order to receive forgiveness for the mistakes in the previous year. * Circle the best answer for each of the questions. 6. According to the passage, Chol Chnam Thmay Festival ………………………….. A. lasts 7 days B. is Khmer people’ s New Year Festival C. occurs in early April D. occurs in 3 days in leap year 7. Before the festival, people……………………….. A. burn incense and candles B. make rice offerings C. clean and decorate their house D. bring gifts to the temple 8. Which of the sentences is TRUE? A. The first three days of the New Year have their own names B. The festival has the same activities in three days C. All the activities are held in people’s own home D. People have Buddha bathing ceremony on Wonbof day 9. On the third day of the festival, people________ A. burn incense and candles to welcome god B. pray for health and luck C. bathe Buddha statues with fragrant water D. cook rice and bring it to the temple 10. The monks pray souls of those who died_________ A. before going to the grave B. when bathing Buddha statues C. after the festival finishes D. after the ceremony at the temple