Day of Righteous Anger ( Khmer. ទិវាចងកំហឹង ), formerly National Day of Hatred , is celebrated annually on May 20 in memory of the victims of the genocide in Cambodia. The memorialization of victims of political terror organized by the totalitarian communist regime of the Khmer Rouge during their reign from 1975 to 1979 is called upon.
| Day of Remembrance | |
|---|---|
 Skulls of victims of genocide | |
| Type of | historical |
| Officially | Day of Righteous Wrath ( ទិវាចងកំហឹង ) |
| Value | perpetuating the memory of victims of political terror |
| Installed | the beginning of mass killings and forced collectivization |
| Is celebrated |  Cambodia |
| date | May 20 |
| Celebration | commemorative events |
| Associated with | Genocide in Cambodia |
History
For the first time, National Hate Day was celebrated in the People's Republic of Kampuchea on May 20, 1984 [1] . The celebration was established on September 12, 1983 at the Congress of the NRC in Phnom Penh, where about 300 representatives of the intelligentsia and clergy gathered. The choice of date was due to the fact that May 20, 1976 was the day the massacres began in Cambodia (Democratic Kampuchea - official name Cambodia during the Khmer Rouge reign). Also on this day in 1973, the Polpot troops began forced collectivization in Takeo Province [2] .
The full official form is "The Day of Hatred for the Genocide of the Pol Pot Clique - Ieng Sari - Khieu Samphan and Reaction Groups of Sihanouk - Son Sanna." The English version of the name, Day of Hatred, is somewhat inaccurate [2] [3] .
Throughout the 1980s, the United Front of National Construction and Defense of Kampuchea (formerly the United Front of National Salvation of Kampuchea ) [4] , a political organization that overthrew the Khmer Rouge regime in 1979, took an active part in the preparation of the celebrations. The memorial day was accompanied by mass demonstrations, fiery speeches of famous cultural figures and even the burning of paper stuffed leaders of the Khmer Rouge.
In the period from 1991 to 1993, when Cambodia was under the control of the United Nations Transitional Administration ( UNTAC ), there was no hatred day, as the country's authorities tried to involve the Khmer Rouge in the political process. The attempt was unsuccessful, so in the 1990s, events began to be held again. Since 2001, the memorial date began to be called "Day of Remembrance" [2] .
See also
- Holidays Cambodia
- Tuolseng
- Bophan Center
Notes
- ↑ New York Times . Cambodian Day of Hate Marks Pol Pot's Victims
- ↑ 1 2 3 Fawthrop, Tom, and Helen Jarvis. Getting Away with Genocide ?: Cambodia's Long Struggle against the Khmer Rouge . Sydney: UNSW Press, 2005. pp. 73-74
- ↑ Headley's Khmer-English Dictionary .
- ↑ The KUFNCD
Literature
- Riddle, Tom. Cambodia and the UNTAC Year. Life and love in Cambodia during the 1993 elections. Left-hander, 2018.