As you heard all last week, King Norodom Sihamoni helped his people predict crop success and failure by plowing his own garden with oxen; celebrated his own birthday and helped his people celebrate their own regional and provincial cultures. This picture shows the royal reviewing stand which fronts the street and park that parallel the Royal Palace. The reviewing stand is used almost exclusively for the annual Water Festival which happens on the Tonle Sap River directly behind the camera. The water festival celebrates the importance of Cambodia's rivers and waterways in commerce. The Royal Plowing Day celebrates the importance of agriculture in the country and the King's Birthday ties all that is royal to all that is Cambodia. Oh, note that the most important feature on the reviewing stand is the King's portrait. Don't let my cynicism fool you, I do respect the importance of taking a week off in the beginning of the planting season.......... maybe!