FAMCAM
Families
with Cambodian Children
Costume
and Color
From www.moi-coci.gov.kh/culture/lifestyle.htm
submitted by Anita
The Cambodian week corresponds to the Western week, while the Cambodian days represent by colors. The Cambodian people, especially women, prefer to wear dresses by colors of each day of the week, especially during formal ceremonies. The colors of the days also represent fortune and bad luck of the week. It is very important for the daily business of private individuals. Thus, in certain villages, one would neither want to sell goods nor lend money on a Monday, but would willing to go shopping, for all that is brought home that day will bear fruit or yield profit.
Day
of the Sun Sunday Red
Day of the Moon Monday Orange
Day of Mars Tuesday
Purple
Day of Mercury Wednesday Green
Day of Jupiter Thursday Colour of
Clouds
Day of Venus Friday Blue
Day of Saturn Saturday Black
Saturday
is generally considered ill fated, because it loved by spirits or demons and one
would choose it for ceremonies in honor of these. The color of Cloud referred
to for Thursday is a white-gray or bluish hue. White is a color of mourning. In
the palace, the color of Cloud is reserved for those who carry sacred water.