Religion in Cambodia

The religion governed the concept and execution of all Khmer art and architecture is enhanced by an understanding of the religious beliefs of the Khmers. According to belief, when a person died his soul was reincarnated and his spirit became free. The former religious practices, which were adopted in Cambodia at a later date recognized a common belief in rebirth , the idea that one is born again and again in different forms. At the present time, 90% of the Cambodian people are of the Buddhist religion. Hinduism for the most part has gone away.

The climate of Cambodia governed by two monsoon the monsoon of dry season and the monsoon of rainy season . The monsoon of dry season has started from November to April . This season ( the dry one ) has its monsoon blows from the sibery (russia) bringing the hot weather and carrying a little rain crossing Cambodia from the north eastern side .

During this period (dry season ) the level of rainfall are only about 100mm . People in Cambodia called the rainfall in the dry season as the little rainy season within the dry season . Which normally happening at the end of February to the beginning of march . The local people also called the rain that falling in the February and march as mango rain . Due to the season of mango begins to give flower and fruits as they believed that in the mango season if it got some rain the mango is much fruitful . Otherwise they could not collect much mango .

The rainy season has its monsoon blows from the Indian ocean and bringing heavy rain crossing Cambodia from the southwestern side in may and October. We notice that within this season ( the rain one ) also comprise a little dry season in the rainy season . Which normally happening from the middle of July to the beginning of august.

In the rainy season Cambodia has received the rainwater level in average for about 1000mm Although . Plateau . Mountain and the coastal area received the level of rainwater for about 3000mm more then the areas of the middle valley . The reason for the middle valley receiving the regime of rain water less than the other areas .