course the deaths of 350 people because of an animal stampede is infinitely sad, even outrageous. We remember that in 1992 already, 16 people were killed in similar circumstances. Since then, we repeat to everyone NOT to mingle with crowds as large.
Our friends in Phnom Penh did not come out yesterday and Sre Ambel not afford to travel to the capital (see interview with schoolchildren conducted a few months).
That said, 2 million people to the Water Festival in Phnom Penh, it proves, once again, that the Khmer spend a lot for parties and celebrations. Proportionally, this budget is much higher in Cambodia than in France because the party (including weddings, we'll come back soon) has a fundamental social sense.