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Monday, 27 June 2011


Cuisine.

Amok. , a popular Cambodian Dish.
Cuisine is Similar to that of its khmer. Southeast Asian. neighbors. Shares many similarities with it. Thailand Cuisine. ,. Vietnamese Cuisine. and. Teochew Cuisine. . Cambodian Cuisine. also uses. Fish sauce. Widely in Soups, Stir-Fried Cuisine, and as Dippings. The. Chinese. legacy of.Stir frying. can be noted in the use of many variations of Rice. Noodles. ; while. Curry. dishes Known as. Kari. (in Khmer, ការី) that employ Dried Spices such as Star Anise, Cardamom, Cinnamon, Nutmeg and Fennel were Borrowed from. the. Indians. and given a Distinctive Cambodian Twist with the addition of Local Ingredients like Lemongrass, Garlic, Kaffir Lime leaves, shallots and Galangal. [. seven. ]. Pork broth Rice Noodle Soup Known Simply as KA Tieu (គុយទាវ) is one of Cambodia's popular Dish. Also,. Banh Chiao. is the Khmer Version of the Vietnamese.banh Xèo. .
Khmer Cuisine is noted for the use of. Prahok. (ប្រហុក), a Type of. Fermented. Fish. Paste, in many dishes as a Distinctive Flavoring. When Prahok is not used, it is likely to be. Kapǐ. (កាពិ) instead, a kind of Fermented Shrimp Paste. Coconut milk. is the main ingredient of many Khmer Curries and desserts. In Cambodia there is regular aromatic. Rice. and Glutinous or. Sticky Rice. . The latter is used more in dishes with fruits such as Dessert. durian. . Almost every meal is eaten with a bowl of rice. Typically, Cambodians eat their meals with at least three or four separate dishes. Each individual dish will usually be one of either sweet, sour, salty or bitter. Chili is usually left up to the individual to add themselves. In this way Cambodians ensure that they get a bit of every flavor to satisfy their palates.
Otherwise, Cuisine of Cambodians also become Depend on some Unique Area of different Ethnics.In. Kampot. and. Kep. , famous for its Cuisine Known Kampot Pepper Crab or. Kdab Cha Mrin Kyai. (ក្តាម ឆា ម្រេច ខ្ជី) in khmer. With its name Kampot Pepper crab, this cuisine is mostly cooking with kampot famous crap fried with the pepper from pepper field in the area. While in. Pailin. ,. Mee Kola. is was Born in that place, create by. Kula. people who is one of Ethnic Groups in. Cambodia. . In Southern. Cambodia. , most of Vietnamese Cuisine had been found especially. banh trang. which is so famous Dish in Southern. Cambodia. but just. Few people from Central, had ever eat this Meals.Look Forward to The Area between. Siem Reap. to. Kampong Thom. , a Village with full of. Chinese Cambodian. . A Lot of delicious dishes from. China. in the Guest in Khmer Version Explored for its Urban Family as Well as Restaurants.

[. Edit. ].Arts and Literature.

[. Edit. ].Visual Art.

Stone Carving at. Banteay Srei. (.Angkor. ).
In the History of Visual arts. Cambodia. stretches back centuries to Ancient crafts; reached its Peak during the Khmer Art. Angkor. period. Traditional Cambodian arts and crafts include.Textiles. , non-Textile. Weaving. ,. Silversmithing. ,. Stone Carving. ,. Lacquerware. ,. ceramics. ,.Wat. murals. , and. Kite. -making. Beginning in the Mid-20th Century, a tradition of Modern Art Began in Cambodia, though in the later 20th Century both Traditional and Modern arts declined for several Reasons, including the killing of Artists by the. Khmer Rouge. . The country has experienced a recent artistic revival due to increased support from governments, NGOs, and foreign tourists.

[. Edit. ].Music.

The roneat has been described as a bamboo xylophone.
Especially in the 60s and 70s, the 'Big Two' Duet of. Sinn Sisamouth. and. Ros Sereysothea. had been a large hit in the Country. However after their deaths, new music stars have tried to bring back the music. Cambodian music has undergone heavy Westernization.
The Cambodian pinpeat ensemble is traditionally heard on feast days in the pagodas. It is also a court ensemble used to accompany classical dance for ritual occasions or theatrical events. The pinpeat is primarily made up of percussion instruments: the roneat ek (lead xylophone), roneat thung (low bamboo xylophone), kong vong touch and kong vong thom (small and large sets of tuned gongs), sampho (two-sided drum). , skor thom (two large drums), and sralai (quadruple-reed instrument).

[. Edit. ].Dance.

Cambodian Dance can be divided into three main categories: classical dance, folk dances, and vernacular dances.
Khmer classical dance is a form of Cambodian dance originally performed only for royalty. Elements in Common with the dances have many.Thailand classical Dance. . During the mid-20th century, it was introduced to the public where it now remains a celebrated icon of Khmer culture, often being performed during public events, holidays, and for tourists visiting Cambodia.this classical Dance is famous for its using of hands and. feet to express emotion which known as there are 4,000 different gestures in this type of dance. Provided as Repeating a Golden Age in 1960s,. Khmer Classical Dance. which know as. The Royal Ballet of Cambodia. after Select as. UNESCO. 's. Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity. , has lead one of its Dance to be a outstanding Dance of all for. Culture and Society. Reamker. , a khmer Version of Indian,. Ramayana. had Influced strongly to. Khmer classical Dance. . Khmer gestures involved in it, Movement and Dance Story Line.The Divided from that. Reamker Dance. Known as. Robam Sovann Macha. and. Robam Moni Mekala. . Facts in, all of the Audience of Celestial Dance Dance Reminded which is an Angel or. Apsara. in Sansrit mythology in the Goal of good Luck and bring success to the Viewer. The Classical dance is create by the heart of high art as the performer is decorated with themselves with a branches of jewellry.
Apsara Dance. , a. khmer Dance. that has survived since the. Angkor Era. , has been singled out to attract foreign tourists and to make the richness of khmer Known to the World Culture. Apsara Dance was promoted by Princess. Norodom Buppha Devi. before the Khmer Rouge times and has recently received an Award as one of the main symbols of. Cambodia. .
Khmer folk dances, which are performed for audiences, are fast-paced. The movements and gestures are not as stylized as Khmer classical dance. Folk dancers wear clothes of the people they are Portraying such as. Chams. , hill tribes, Farmers, and Peasants. The Folk Music is played by a Dance. Mahori. Orchestra.
Cambodian. Vernacular dances. (or. social dances. ) those are danced at social gatherings. Include such dances. RAM Vong. ,. RAM Kbach. ,. RAM Saravan,. and. Lam Leav. . Some of these dances have much from the Influence of Traditional dances. Laos. . But. ROM Kbach. , for example, take heavily from the classical Dance of the Royal Court. Other social dances from around the World have had an Impact on Culture include the Cambodian social. Cha-Cha. ,. Bolero. , and the. Madison. .

[. Edit. ].Literature.

A Testimony of the antiquity of the Khmer Language are the multitude of. Epigraphic. inscriptions on Stone. The first written proof that has allowed the history of the Khmer Kingdom to be reconstructed are those inscriptions. Writings on these columns,. stelae. and Walls Throw Light on the Royal lineages, Religious Edicts, conquests and internal Territorial Organization of the Kingdom.
Following the Stone inscriptions, some of the oldest Khmer Translations and commentaries of the documents are. Pali. Buddhist. texts of the. Tripitaka. . They were written by the Monks on. Palmyra. Palm leaves and kept in Various monasteries throughout the Country.
The. Ram Ker. (Rama's Fame) is the Cambodian Version of the. Ramayana. , the famous. Indian Epic. . The Ram Ker comes in rhymed verses and is staged in sections that are adapted to dance movements interpreted by local artists. The Ram Ker is the oldest form of Cambodian theatre.
Cambodia had a rich and varied traditional oral literature. There are many legends, tales and songs of very ancient origin that were not put into writing until the arrival of the Europeans. One of the most representative of these was the Story of Tales. Vorvong and Sorvong. (Vorvong and Saurivong), a Long Story about Two Khmer princes that was first put into writing by. Auguste Pavie. . This French civil servant claimed that he had obtained the story from old Uncle Nip in Somrontong District. Story was put into writing this in Battambang. [. eight. ]. In the 2006th and Sorvong Vorvong was Enacted in Story Form by the Dance. Royal Ballet of Cambodia. . [. 9. ].
Tum Teav. which has been compared to a Local Version of. Shakespeare. 's. Romeo and Juliet. , is a famous khmer Literature, Originally based on a poem written by a Khmer Monk named Sam. The Story is took place during. Lovek Era. , about Tragic Love Story that has been told throughout. Cambodia. since at least the middle of the 19th Century.The Story has been portrayed in many Forms including oral, historical, Literary, Theatre, and film Adaptions. Also have a Role in the Story. Cambodia's Education. in the 12th Grade for as a topic. Khmer Language. examination for several times. Although its first translation in French had been made ​​by. Etienne Aymonier. already in 1,880, Tum Teav was popularized abroad when writer. George Chigas. translated the in 1915 Literary Version by the Venerable Buddhist Monk. Preah Botumthera Som. or Padumatthera Som, Known also as. Som. , one of the. Best Writers in the. Khmer Language. . [. 10. ].
Especially notable people in which the royalty Caste in Attraction and talented in khmer Literature Known as King. Ang Duong. (1841-1860) and King Thommaracha II (from 1,629 to 1,634). King Thomaracha had reserved for Khmer Young Generation with a Well loved poem and an Educated poem while King Ang Duong famous for his Novel called. Kakey. , an Inspiration from. Jataka. Tales about an unfaithful woman and a female law which now become a notable law, used to. teach the young khmer girl in some notable famil today.

[. Edit. ].Shadow Theatre.

Nang Sbek. (shadow Theatre) (or. Lkhaon Nang Sbek. ; Khmer: ល្ខោន ណាំង ស្បែក) is closely Related to the. Nang Yai. of. Thailand. ,.Wayang. of. Malaysia. and. Indonesia. like the Islands of. Java. and. Bali. , thus implying that Nang Sbek may have came from an Indonesian. or Malaysian origin from many centuries ago. Nang sbek is also a dying art form and may disappear because of the decline in popularity over the years with the introduction of modern entertainment. Before the spread of modern technology such as movies, videos and television the Khmers enjoyed and watch shadow theatre apart from the other sources of entertainment available around during that time.There are three kinds of shadow theatre in Cambodia:.
  • Nang Thom Sbek. is an Art that Involves MIME, Song, Music and Narration having to Dance as Well as to the accompaniment of the.Pinpeat. Orchestra.It is mainly the features. Reamker. .
  • Nang Sbek Toch. also called. Nang Kalun. and sometimes called. Ayang. (Small shadow Theatre) uses smaller puppets and a Wide Range of Stories.
  • Sbek Paor. (Coloured Puppet Theatre) uses colored Leather puppets.

[. Edit. ].Film.

Cinema in Cambodia began in the 1950s; King Norodom Sihanouk himself was an avid film enthusiast. Many films were being screened in theaters throughout the country by the 1960s, which are regarded as the "golden age". After a decline during the. Khmer Rouge. regime, competition has meant that from the video and Television. Cambodian. film Industry is relatively weak today.

[. Edit. ].Sports.

Cambodia. has become increasingly involved in Sports over the last 30th years. Football. is popular as are. Martial arts. , including. Bokator.,. Pradal Serey. (Khmer kick Boxing) and. Khmer Traditional Wrestling. .
Bokator. is an Ancient. Khmer. Martial Art said to be all Southeast Asian kickboxing styles of the Predecessor. Depicted in. Bas reliefs. at.Angkor Wat. , the Close Quarter Combat System Bokator was used by the Ancient Angkor Army. Unlike kick boxing, which is a sport fighting art, Boxkator was a soldier's art, designed to be used on the battlefield. When fighting, Bokator practitioners still wear the uniforms of ancient Khmer armies. A kroma (scarf) is folded around their waist and blue and red silk cords are tied around the combatant's head and biceps.
Young Cambodian boxers.
Pradal Serey. , or Traditional Khmer Boxing, is a popular Sport in Cambodia. Victory is by knockout or by judge's decision. Styles of boxing have been practiced in Southeast Asia since ancient times. In the. Angkor. Era, both Armed and unarmed Martial arts were Practiced by the Khmers. Evidence shows that a style resembling Pradal Serey existed around the 9th century.There have been heated debates between nations about the true origins of South East Asian kickboxing.
Khmer Traditional Wrestling. is yet another popular Cambodian Sport. Wrestling match consists of three rounds, which may be won by forcing an opponent to his back. Traditional matches are held during the. Khmer New Year. and other Cambodian Holidays.
The. Cambodian Football Federation. is the governing body of Football in. Cambodia. , controlling the. Cambodian National Team. . It was Founded in 1933, and has been a Member of. FIFA. since one thousand nine hundred and fifty-three and the. Asian Football Confederation. since 1,957.
Phnom Pehn National Olympic Stadium. is the National Stadium with a Capacity of 50 thousand in. Phnom Pehn. .

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