I went with the Cambodian Handicraft Association (CHA) staff, student and volunteers to Chea’s funeral ceremony yesterday. She’s family lived in Kampot Province in a small village. After the ceremony the family provide us all with a lovely lunch. There is another ceremony on Sunday. Under Buddhism the person who has died do not know they are dead until the seventh day after their death. They are still there and don’t understand why people ignore them when they say hello. After the seventh day they realise and move on to a new life. I hope Chea’s gets all the things she wanted in this life, but couldn’t have.in her next – love, a happy family and the opportunity and strength to be a good business woman to help her family. This was Chea’s house. 
06 Mar 2014
