The Royal Ploughing festival marks the beginning of the planting season.  Held in the front of the National Museum in May of every year, the “King and Queen” (often locals dressed as the King and Queen) lead the “royal” buffalo to a variety of locally produced crops such as corn, rice, and beans.  As the legend goes, whichever crop the buffalo eats first will be the most successful one in the coming year. Local farmers Cambodia wide attend this event in the hope that the ceremony will bring them good luck for the coming year.