The Role of Buddhist Pagodas in Cambodia’s Society
Channel: Cambodianess
Date: 02/09/2022

For millennia, Buddhist pagodas have played a major role in the development of the country’s society in nearly all sectors, from education, culture and social work to health and the economy. 

Many leaders of the country—with Prime Minister Hun Sen being no exception—spent some time in their youth as “pagoda children:” children—often poor ones—who lived in pagodas and were educated by the monks.

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