Vesakha Buchea, Dedicate to Soul of Victim killed a Crowd Stampede at Diamond Island

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Koh Pech - Locating on the Northeast of Cambodia Royal Palace, Koh Pech, where most people coming from different provinces and cities get fresh air, is the name of developing island in Phnom Penh Capital City, last year on November 22, 2010 when Diamond  Bridge of Diamond Island leaved over 300 corpses and nearly 500 injurious people in the last day of Water Festival.

Sounding pray since May 16-18, 2011, many monks come from 24 provinces and cities of Kingdom of Cambodia to join Vesakha Buchea Day in order to dedicate to the more than 300 victims were killed after a crowd stampede at a festival. 

In the morning of May 18, 2011, many Buddhist comes and joins Vesakha Buchea at Koh Pech. They bring rice, food, noodle, books, pen, pencil, and other things that allow monks use for daily activity. They pray, worship, and dedicate to the victim who passed away on May 22, 2010. 

2,600 monks join this celebration by bringing some material, such as arm bowl, bag for stocking money, bag for keeping things   so that they come back with some rice, food and other useful thing. In fact, those monks are the bridge that bring those food to the soul of victim by praying. 

This is the first time of this celebration making in Koh Pech, Diamond Island that everyone dedicates to the Buddha and a crowd stampede since November 22, 2010. 

Yesterday was the day of Vesakha that celebrates around the world, such as the Indian subcontinent, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore,Vietnam, Thailand, Laos, Malaysia, Burma, Indonesia including Cambodia.


In Mahayana Buddhist traditions, the holiday is known by its Sanskrit name, Vaiśākha, and derived variants of it. Vesākha is known as Vesak or Wesak in the Sinhalese language. It is also known as:

  • Seokka Tanshin-il in Korean,


  • Saga Dawa (sa ga zla ba) in Tibetan

  • (Kasone la-pyae Boda nei), lit. "Full Moon Day of Kason," the second 

  • month of the     
traditional Burmese calendar



  • Wisakha Bucha in Thai,


  • Wesak in 
      Malay.


  • 1. The Buddha's Birth: He was born

      2. The Enlightenment of Buddha: He became Buddha 
      3. The Nibbana: He passed away


Visakha Buchea Day is recognized as most important memorial day in Buddhism for the Lord Buddha who wandered from place to place teaching his discoveries to people who are accessible to the instruction, helping large a number of people achieving various levels of spiritual attainment.