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| The ceremony at Wat Buddhikarama, in Maryland, had raised $4,900 by Monday. (Photo: by Soeung Sophat) |
Silver Spring, Maryland Tuesday, 30 November 2010
"Those who died or were injured in the stampede “will never be forgotten."
Cambodian-Americans marked seven-day ceremonies for those who died in the Diamond Bridge stampede last week, joining many in Cambodia who sought answers and prayed that the dead rest in peace.
Venerable monk Soeng Yoeung Ratana, a member of Wat Khemarak Rainsey temple in San Jose, Calif., said Cambodians from across the US had participated at the pagoda's ritual on Monday.
“There are people from New York City, Pittsburgh, Oakland, Stockton, Modesto and San Francisco, together with people in San Jose, observing the ceremony,” he said.
The seven-day ceremony is meant to put the souls of the dead at ease. In Cambodia, that meant rituals in many pagodas across the country and near the site where 351 people died when they panicked on an overcrowded bridge.
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