![A local youth, front right, scares pupils on a street as he takes part in a ceremony to exorcize evil spirits and pray for rain amid the rice planting season at Pring Ka-ek village, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 22, 2015. Cambodia is a country which heavily relies on agriculture as over 80 percent of its 14 million people are farmers, growing rice as their main crop. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/5a/44/0002445a_medium.jpeg)
A local youth, front right, scares pupils on a street as he takes part in a ceremony to exorcize evil spirits and pray for rain amid the rice planting season at Pring Ka-ek village, northwest of Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Friday, May 22, 2015. Cambodia is a country which heavily relies on agriculture as over 80 percent of its 14 million people are farmers, growing rice as their main crop. (Photo by Heng Sinith/AP Photo)
![Villagers take part in the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. Hundreds of villagers covered in body paint participate yearly in the procession, which ends at a shrine where they would ask for good fortune and rain. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/5b/44/0002445b_medium.jpeg)
Villagers take part in the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. Hundreds of villagers covered in body paint participate yearly in the procession, which ends at a shrine where they would ask for good fortune and rain. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![Villagers with painted faces march along a street during the annual "Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek" religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. Hundreds of villagers covered in body paint participate yearly in the procession, which ends at a shrine where they would ask for good fortune and rain. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/5c/44/0002445c_medium.jpeg)
Villagers with painted faces march along a street during the annual "Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek" religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. Hundreds of villagers covered in body paint participate yearly in the procession, which ends at a shrine where they would ask for good fortune and rain. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![Villagers take part in the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/5d/44/0002445d_medium.jpeg)
Villagers take part in the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![A villager paints his face during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/5e/44/0002445e_medium.jpeg)
A villager paints his face during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![Villagers paint their faces during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/5f/44/0002445f_medium.jpeg)
Villagers paint their faces during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![A villager paints his face during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/64/44/00024464_medium.jpeg)
A villager paints his face during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![Villagers with painted faces march along a street during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/60/44/00024460_medium.jpeg)
Villagers with painted faces march along a street during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![Villagers with painted faces march along a street during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/62/44/00024462_medium.jpeg)
Villagers with painted faces march along a street during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
![Villagers with painted faces, take selfies with students as they march along a street during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)](https://pix.avax.news/avaxnews/63/44/00024463_medium.jpeg)
Villagers with painted faces, take selfies with students as they march along a street during the annual “Lok Ta Pring Ka-Ek” religious ceremony, on the outskirts of Phnom Penh May 22, 2015. (Photo by Samrang Pring/Reuters)
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