The history of Khmer New Year

For every year Cambodians always celebrate Khmer New Year, they believe that it the time to change their lucky from bad to good for their life.
All most of the festivals in Cambodia always have the stories or something that related with those festival, of course for Khmer New Year celebration also had the story of it, too. Let tracking altogether.
It concern a contest between the king of the gods, Kable Moha Prom, and the son of a tycoon, thambal.
The name of the Thambel very famous in the country, because he is clever. It is the way to make the king of the god, Kabel Moha prom very jealous to Thambel. Kabel Moha Prom decided to descend to the earth and challenge him to a dual. He challenged Thamabal with a riddle, he keep the time seven days for thambal to solve the riddle. The loser is going to lose the head. Thamabal agreed.The riddle that Kabel Moha Prom asked Thamabal was: what the happiness in the morning, in the afternoon, and in the evening.
Around six days that thamabal spent to find the answer of the riddle, but he did not know about the answer yet. In fear and despair he sat under a palm tree to contemplate the king’s riddle. Suddenly, Thamabal heard a pair of eagles talking to each other.
The female eagle asked, “What will we have to eat tomorrow?” The male eagle answered, “We will have the fresh flesh of Thamabal as our food”. He will die tomorrow, because he
cannot answer to Kabel Moha Prom’s riddle” he continued.The female eagle asked, “Do you know the answer?”. “Yes”
the male eagle replied. “ May you tell me?” the female eagle
ask. “Of course, the happiness in the morning is face, because
humans always wash their face in the morning. The happiness
in the afternoon is chest, because humans always wash their
chests in the afternoon. And the happiness at the evening is feet,
because humans always wash their feet in evening or before go to bed”. Male eagle answered.As soon as Thamabal heard the answer, he returned to Kabel Moha Prom and solved the riddle. As promised, Kabel Moha Prom cut off his head, he call his seven daughters to him and advised that his head cannot be dropped down on earth, ocean or air, if his head is set on the earth, it will set fire toearth, if threw into the air, the rain will evaporate, if threw into the sea, the sea will dry up.His head must be putting on a metal tray and his daughters must take turn to carry his head for ceremonial circle around mount Sameru every year during the Sangkran date, to bring happiness and good weather to the earth, before bringing to keep in Kuntheamali temple in heaven.