Youth Culture Festival Held in Phnom Penh
Cambodia
2026

“I Choose Hope:” The youth culture festival was an open-air event at the SGI-Cambodia Culture Center in Phnom Penh
On May 17, SGI-Cambodia held a youth culture festival at its culture center in Phnom Penh. Themed “I Choose Hope,” the event was attended by some 500 people, including government officials, and featured a variety of performances. A youth member shared their personal experience of positive inner change through Buddhist practice, whereby they achieved concrete results in their studies and at work.
Adapted from the May 29, 2026, issue of Seikyo Shimbun, Soka Gakkai, Japan.


