1,949 Monks Mark 1949

1,949 saffron-robed monks were part of a Cambodian ceremony mourning the loss of Kampuchea Krom (Lower Cambodia) 56 years ago to Vietnam, reports the Taipei Times.

Why so many? The number 1949 also represents the year of agreement when France signed over this region which is home to about 12 million ethnic Khmers. This same land mass was later a goal when Pol Pot's Khmer Rouge launched cross-border incursions in the 1970s and declared its aim to reclaim Kampuchea Krom.

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