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The Day of Remembrance formerly called the National Day of Hatred celebrated on May 20 is an annual event in Cambodia. It commemorates the excesses of the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled the country between 1975 and 1979.The English name ‘Day of Hatred’ is somewhat of a mistranslation. The Khmer name when instituted in 1983 was T’veer Chong Kamhaeng (‘Day of Tying Anger’). The name could also be translated as ‘Day of Maintaining Rage’.