Did You Know?
Before becoming king, Norodom Sihamoni spent many years abroad as a professional ballet dancer and dance teacher, including time in Paris, giving Cambodia a monarch with a background in the performing arts.
Coronation Day of King Sihamoni
🇰🇠Cambodia
- Public Holiday
- Countrywide
- Fixed date
Overview
Coronation Day of King Sihamoni commemorates the coronation of Norodom Sihamoni as King of Cambodia on October 29, 2004. It is a national public holiday observed across the Kingdom of Cambodia each year on the same date.
What It Is
Coronation Day falls on October 29 each year and is a public holiday throughout Cambodia, so government offices and many businesses close. The date is fixed rather than moving with the lunar calendar. It is a day for honoring the reigning monarch and the institution of the monarchy, and it sits among the national holidays that tie the Cambodian calendar to the royal family.
Why It Matters
Cambodia is a constitutional monarchy, and the crown is a symbol of national continuity. In October 2004 King Norodom Sihanouk abdicated, and a royal throne council chose his son Norodom Sihamoni as successor. Sihamoni was crowned in Phnom Penh on October 29, 2004. The holiday remembers that transfer of the throne, which kept the monarchy unbroken after one of the most eventful reigns in modern Cambodian history.
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