កាន់បិណ្ឌ Kan (hold on)
piṇḍa (alms), Kan Ben, the starting day of the half-month ancestor fest, will be after fullmoon, Saturday, 10. September, this Year.
New-moon's
ភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ Pchum Ben fest, on Sunday 25. September, will mark the end of this traditional custom.
The tradition is based on the Story of Ven. Maha Sariputas former mother, found in Peta-vatthu 2.02.
Once wife of a wealthy, generous man who served also the Buddhas disciples, used to neglect the order to continue generosity while he was not at home, but merely wished them to go after dirt... At death she was reborn in the Peta-world. Remembering that she was once mother of Venerable, she tried to reach out to him, being allowed by the protecting Devas to enter, after tell who she is. Telling her story to Ven. Sariputa, and later heard of the missery by the King, the King ordered to do offers which had been given to the Sangha. By this it happened that his mother gained release there and was born as a lucky Deva.
Khmer:
រឿងប្រេតជាមាតានៃព្រះសារីបុត្ត ទី២ pev.2.02 
Encouragement:
sut.kn.pev.1.01 | ភាគទី ៥៦
(១. ខេត្តូបមបេតវត្ថុ)
[១] ពួកព្រះអរហន្ត ដូចស្រែ ពួកទាយក ដូចអ្នកភ្ជួររាស់ ទេយ្យធម៌ ដូចពូជ ផល តែងកើតមកអំពីព្រះអរហន្ត និងទាយក និងទេយ្យធម៌នុ៎ះ ឯពូជ និងការភ្ជួររាស់ និងស្រែនុ៎ះ តែងមានដល់ពួកប្រេតទាំងឡាយផង ដល់ទាយកផង ប្រេតទាំងឡាយ តែងបរិភោគនូវផលនៃទាននោះ ទាយកអ្នកឲ្យទាន តែងចំរើនដោយបុណ្យ ក្នុងលោកនេះ បុគ្គលធ្វើកុសលហើយ គួរតែបូជាចំពោះប្រេតទាំងឡាយ ព្រោះថាបុគ្គលធ្វើកុសលកម្មដ៏ចំរើន រមែងទៅកាន់ឋានសួគ៌។
ចប់ រឿងខេត្តូបមាប្រេត ទី១។
Trader:
The Noble Ones (Arahats) are like fields
The giver equal the farmer,
the seeds similar the gifts,
by it develops the fruit.
The are the seed, there are the fields
for the Petas, as for the donor.
The seeds are feed of by the Petas,
by the giving grows merit.
One who acts skilful here down,
and considers the Petas,
goes up to heavens,
as increased good deeds.