Monday, February 11, 2013

CAMBODIA CULTURE

DURING HISTORY A SOURCE OF CULTURAL INSPIRATION. FOR TWO MILLENIA THEY HAVE DEVELOPED DANCES OF KHMER BELIEFS FROM THE SYCRETICISM OF INDIGENOUS ANIMALISTIC BELIEFS AND BUDDISM, AND HINDUISM.

BY THE FIRST CENTURY A D SOUTHEAST ASIA ITS LANGUAGE, ARTS AND CULTURE WERE IMPORTANT.  SEAFARING MERCHANTS BROUGHT THEIR CUSTOMS TO A PORT ON THE GULF  OF THAILAND.  THE KINGDOM OF FANAN WAS THE MOST PROBABLE STAKE TO BENEFIT.

DURING THE AGE OF CAMBODIA BETWEEN 9TH AND 14TH CENTURY WHEN IT   WAS  A POWERFUL AND PROSPEROUS EMPIRE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.  THEY WOULD COLLAPSE AFTER IN FIGHTING ROYALTRY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.  MANY TEMPLES STILL REMAIN FROM THIS PERIOD.  THEY ARCHIEVED ART , ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, AND DANCE AND HAD INFLUENCE  ON MANY COUNTRIES.

THEIR ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURES CREATED TEMPLES THAT MAPPED THE COSMIC WORLD IN STONE.  THEIR DECORATIONS FROM HINDUISM  AND BUDDISM ON WALLS.  THEIR TEMPLES INCLUDED A SHRINE.  THEIR MOTIFS INCLUDED CREATURES FROM BUDDIST AND HINDU MYTHOLOGY AND BIRDS.

THEIR NUCLEAR FAMILY TYPICALLY LIVES IN A RECTANGULAR HOUSE.  IN MODERN RURAL CAMBODIA.  THE NUCLEAR FAMILY LIVES IN A HOUSE FROM 4 TO 6 METERS BY 10 METERS.IT IS BUILT OF A WOODEN FRAME WITH GABLED THATCH ROOF AND WALLS OF BAMBOO.  THEIR HOUSES ARE RAISED AS MUCH AS 3 METERS ON STILTS FOR PROTECTION FROM ANNUAL FLOODS.THEY HAVE BEDROOS FOR VISITORS AND UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS.  THEIR SONS SLEEP ANYWHERE  A CEREMONY IS HELD ONCE IT IS COMPLETED.  FOOD PREPARATION IS IN A KITCHEN BEHIND THE HOUSE.

CAMBODIA IS 90% BUDDIST.  BUDDISM IS IN CAMBODIA SINCE 13TH CENTURY.ISLAM IS THE MAJORITY OF CAMBODIA.  CHRISTIANITY  WAS INTRODUCED INTO  CAMBODIA BY CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES.  ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF A MAJORITY CAMBODIANS AND MALAY FOLKS.  THERE WERE 200,000 MUSLIMS IN CAMBODIA AS LATE AS 1975.   CHRISTIANITY WAS INTRODUCED INTO CAMBODIA  BY CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES IN 1860.  IT MADE LITTLE HEADWAYAT FIRST.  IN 1972 THEIR WERE ABOUT 20,000 CHRISTIANS IN CAMBODIA - MOST OF WHOM WERE ROMAN CATHOLIC.  IN 1953 THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH IN CAMBODIA  
NUMBERED 120,000 AND IT WAS THE SECOND LARGEST RELIGION IN THE COUNTRY.  MANY OF THE CATHOLICS WHO REMAINED  IN COLUMBIA WERE PRIMARILY A COMMON COMMUNITY.

THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN IS A HAPPY EVENT.  THEIR TRADITIONALBELIEFS WERE CONFINE MOTHER AND CHILD ACCORDNG TO NO HARM FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.   WOMEN HAVE FOOD TABOOS AND AVOID CERTAIN SITUATIONS.  THESE TRADITIONS REMAIN IN PRACTICE AND HAVE BECOME WEAKENED IN URBAN AREAS.

DEATH IS VIEWED AS THE END OF LIFE AND BEGINNING OF ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL BE BETTER.  MOST FOLKS AAARE CREMATED.  IF A CHILD GETS ILLS, HIS OR HER PARENTS CHANGE THE NAME OF A CHILD.  A CHILD MAY BE NURSED UNTIL 2 TO 4 YEARS.  THE CHILD IS GIVEN PHYSICAL AFFECTION AND FREEDOM.  BY THE AGE OF 8 THE FATHER BEGINS A RETREAT INTO A REMOTE AUTHORITARIAN MODE.  AT 10 BOYS DO FARM WORK WITH MEN AFTER SCHOOL.  DURING THEIR TEENS THEY
MAY BECOME A TEMPLE SERVANT.  THESE FOLKS DO NOT BELIEVE IN PREMARITAL SEX.  A SPOUSE IS CHOSEN WITH DIRECTIONFROM PARENTS  AND FRIENDS AND A MATCHMAKER.  A GIRL MAY SAY NO TO THE SPOUSE  AND THE PARNTS HAVE CHOSEN .  TYPICALLY THEY MARRY BETWEEN 19 AND 25.  THE PARENTS WANT TO KNOW THAT THE CHILD IS MARRY9ING INTO A GOOD FAMILY THEIR WEDDING LASTS THREE DAYS.  THEY HAVE PRIESTS OFFER SERMONS.THEY HAVE A CHAIR CUTTING CEREMONY.  THEY TIE THREADS AROUND THEIR WAISTS AND PASS A CANDLE AROUND A CIRCLE. OF A HAPPILY MARRIED AND RESPECTED COUPLE.

DIVORCE IS VERY HIERARCHICALTHE GREATERA PERSON'S AGE THE GREATER THE LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT MUST BE GRANTED TO THEM.  CAMBODIANS ARE ADDRESSED  WITH A HIERARCHICAL TITLE CORRESPONDING TO THEIR SSENORITY. 

THEY HAVE AN INNER CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WHO ARE THEIR KIN GROUP.  THEY HAVE PRIDE IN THEIR VILLAGE.  BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE HOUSE AND CHILD RAISING.  THEY HAD TEACHINGS LAID OUT IN VERSE FORM IN THE 14TH CENTURY.  THEY WOKE UP BEFORE SUNRISE.  THE CHILD MUST RETURN HOME AT A CERTAIN TIME.  THEY DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS OLDER.  

THEIR CLOTHING IS ONE OF THEMOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF CULTURE.  THEY WEAR KRAMA THAT SEPARATES THEM FROM NEIGHBORS.  THERE WAS A STRONG SENSE OF SAMPOT A COSTUME THE CAMBODIANS WEAR.  THEIR COLLARS INDICATE A SYMBOL OF HINDUISM.  BUDDISM REPLACED HINDUISM.  SOME PEOPLE STILL WEAR A RELIGIOUS STYLE OFA RELIGIOUS STYLE OF CLOTHING. DANCERS WEAR SARONG.  KHMER CUISINE IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF THE SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SIMILAR TO THAI FOOD.  THEY LIKE FISH SAUCES IN SOUPS STIR FRIED. CAMBODIAN CUISINE USES CHINESE PORK RICE NOODLES.

THEY HAD A POPULAR DISH CALLED PORK BROTH AND RICE FISH SOUP. COCONUT5  MILK IS THE MAIN INGREDIENTS OF MANY KMER  FOODS.  THEY LIKE STICKY RICER.  THE LATER IS USED IN DESERTS. THEY HAVE UNIQUE DISHES. WITH INFLUENCED BY TRADITONS.  THEY HAVE A DISH PREPARED WITH LOCAL CRAB AND PEPPER..  KULA PEOPLE CAME FROM NEE KOLA.  THEY ARE INFLUENCED BY VIETNAMESE FOODS, 

CAMBODIA ART STRETCHES BACK TO ANCIENT TIMES.  KMER ART REACHES ITS PEAK DURING ANGOR PERIOIDS.  THEY HAVE ARTS AND CRAFTS INCLUDING TEXTILES, SILVERSMITHING, STONE CARVING, CERAMICS, WALL MURALS AND KITE MAKING.  THEY HAD A RECENT ART REVIVAL.

 IN THE 1960'S THEY HAD MUSIC STARS.  CAMBODIA HAS FEAST DAYS  WHERE THTHEY PLAY VARIOUS DRUMS, XYLOPHONES, KONG NONG, SAMPHAIS, AND OTHER DRUMS.

THEIR DANCES  AREA FORM OF OF CAMBODIAN DANCE THAT IS ORIGINALLY PERFORMED FOR ROYALTY.  THEY HAVE MANY ELEMENTSIN COMMON WITH WITH THAI CLASSICAL DANCE. THEY PERFORM DURING PUBLIC EVENTS, HOLIDAYS, AND TOURISTS VISIT HERE.   THEY HAVE 4000 DIFFERENT GESTURES.  IT IS SIMILAR  TO THAI CLASSICAL DANCE.  A KHMER DANCE THAT HAS SURVIVED SINCE ANGKOR ERA ATTRACTS TOURISTS.  THE DANCE HAS RECEIVED AN AWARD THAT AS A SYMBOL CAMBODIA.  THEIR FOLK DANCES ARE PERFORMED WITH FAST PACES.  THE MOVEMENT AND GESTURES ARE NOT AS STYLIZED AS KMER  DANCE THEY DANCE AT SOCIAL CULTURE.

THE KMER LANGUAGE IS A TESTIMONY OF THE ANTIQUITY OF THE  KMER LANGUAGE WITH WRITINGS ON STONE.  THEY WERE WRITTEN BY MONKS ON PALMRA LEAVES IN MOASTERIES.  THE MOST TRADITIONAL CAMBODIAN THEATRE IS CALLED REAMKER. 

CAMBODIA HAS A RICH AND VARIED TRADITIONAL ORAL LITERATURE.  THEY HAVE MANY STORIES WITH DANCES.  THEIR KINGS WROTE  HGHLY AND LASTING WORKS AND POEMS.

A SHADOW THEATRE IS CLOSELY RELATED TO THOSE IN THAILAND.THEY HAD THEESE THEATRES MANY  CENTURIES AGO.  IT IS A DYING ART FORM, SINCE THEIRMODERN ENTERTAINMENT.

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IA  INCLUDED ITS LANGUAGE AND ARTS AND  AND CUSTOMS WERE IMPORTANT.  SEAFARING MERCHANTS BROUGHT THEIR  CUSTOMS AND TO A PORT  ON THE GULF OF THAILAND.  THE KINGDOM WAS THE MOST PROBABLE STAKE TO BENEFIT FROM THIS IDEA.

DURING THE AGE OF CAMBODIA BETWEEN THE 9TH AND 14TH CENTURY WHEN IT WAS A POWERFUL AND PROSPEROUS EMPIRE IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.  THEY WOULD COLLAPSE AFTER THIS DATE IN FIGHTING ROYALTY AND THEIR NEIGHBORS.  MANY TEMPLES STILL REMAIN FROM THIS PERIOD.  THEY ACHIEVED IN ART, ARCHITECTURE, MUSIC, AND DANCE.  THEY WERE INFLUENCED BY MANY COUNTRIES.
















































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































































THEIR ARCHITECTURE AND SCULPTURE CREATED TEMPLES THAT MAPPED  THE COSMIC WORLD IN STONE.  THIER DECORATIONS DREW INSPIRATION FROM HINDUISM AND BUDDISM ON WALLS.  THEIR TEMPLES INCLUDED A SHRINE. THEIR MOTIFS INCLUDED CREATURES FROM BUDDIST AND HINDU MYTHOLOGY AND BIRDS.

THEIR NUCLEAR FAMILY TYPICALLY LIVES IN A RECTANGULAR HOUSE.  IN MODERN RURAL CAMBODIA THE NUCLEAR FAMILY LIVES IN A HOUSE  4 X6 X10 METERS.  IT IS BUILT OFA WOODEN FRAME WITH GABLED  THATCH ROOF AND WALLS OF BAMBOO.   THEIR HOUSES ARE RAISED  AS MUCH AS 3 METERS ON STILTS FOR PROTECTION FROM  FROM FLOODS. 

THEY HAVE BEDROOMS FOR VISITORS, UNMARRIED DAUGHTERS.  THEIR SONS SLEEP ANYWHERE.  A CEREMONY IS HELD ONCE IT IS HELD .  FOOD PREP IS IN A KITCHEN BEHIND THE HOUSE.  TOILETS ARE BUILT IN SITES AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.

CAMBODIA IS 90%  BUDDIST.   BUDISM IS IN CAMBODIA SINCE 13TH CENTURY.  ISLAM IS THE MAJORITY OF CAMBODIA.  CHRISTIANITY WAS INTRODUCED INTO  CAMBODIA BY CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES.  ISLAMM IS THE RELIGION MAJORITY CHAM AND THE MASLAY FOLKS.   THERE WERE 200,000 MUSLIMS IN CAMBODIA AS LATE AS 1975 .  CHRISTIANITY  WAS INTRODUCED BY CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES.  ISLAM IS THE RELIGION OF A MAJORITY OF CAMBODIANS AND MALAY FOLKS.  THERE WERE 200,000 MUSLIMS. IN CAMBODIA AS LATE AS 1975.  CHRISTIANITY WAS INTRODUCED INTO CAMBODIA  BY CATHOLIC MISSIONARIES IN 1860.  THEY WAS MADE LITTLE HEADWAY AT FIRST..  IN 1972 THERE WERE ABOUT 20,000 CHRISTIANS IN CAMBODIA MOST OF WHOM WERE ROMAN CATHOLIC.  IN 1953 THEIR CHURCH IN CAMBODIA HAD 120,000 FOLKS AND IT WAS THE SECOND LARGEST RELIGION IN THEIR COUNTRY.  MANY OF THE CATHOLICS WHO REMAINED IN CAMBODIA HAD CLOSE RELATIONS.

THE BIRTH OF CHILDREN IN IS A HAPPY EVENT.  THEIR TRADITIONAL BELIEFS CONFINE MOTHER AND CHILD SO THAT THEY HAVE NO HARM FROM THE SPIRIT WORLD.  PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE FOOD TABOOS AND AVOID CERTAIN SITUATIONS.  THESE TRADITIONS REMAIN IN PRACTICE AND HAVE BECOME WEAKENED IN URBAN AREAS. 

IN THE 1960S THEY HAD MUSIC THEY HAD A RECENT ART









































































































































































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DEATH IS VIEWED AS THE END OF LIFE AND BEGINNING OF ANOTHER ONE THAT WILL BE BETTER.  MOST FOLKS ARE CREMATED.  IF A CHILD IS GETS ILL, THIS AND HER PARENTS CHANGE  THE NAME A CHILD.  A CHILD MAY BE NURSED 2 TO 4 YEARS.  THE CHILD IS GIVEN PHYSICAL AFFECTION AND FREEDOM.  UP TO THE AGE OF 3 A CHILD IS GIVEN PHYSICAL AFFECTION AND FREEDOM.  BY THE AGE OF 8 THE FATHER BEGAN A RETREAT INTO REMOTE AUTHORITARIAN MODE.  BOYS AT 10 DO FARM WORK WITH OTHER MEN AFTER SCHOOL.  DURING THEIR TEENAGE YEARS A BOY MAY BECOME A TEMPLE SERVANT.

DIVORCE IS NOT COMMON.  KHER CULTURE IS VERY HIERCHICAL.  THE GREATER A PERSONAL AGE ,  THE GREATER LEVEL OF RESPECT THAT MUST BE GRANTED TO THEM.  CAMBODIANS ARE ADDRESSED WITH A HIERARCHICAL TITLE. CORRESPONDING TO THEIR SENIORITY.

THEY HAVE AN INNER CIRCLE OF FRIENDS WHO ARE THEIR KIN GROUP.  BOTH HUSBAND AND WIFE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR  HOUSE RAISING,  THEY HAD TEACHINGS LAID OUT IN VERSE FORM IN 14TH CENTURY.  THEY WOKE UP BEFORE SUNRISE.  THE CHILD MUST RETURN HOME AT A CERTAIN TIME .  THEY DON'T WANT SOMEONE TO MAKE EYE CONTACT WITH SOMEONE WHO IS OLDER.  THEIR CLOTHING IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF OF THE CULTURE  THEY WEAR KRAMA THAT SEPARATES THEM FROM  NEIGHBORS.  THERE COLLARS  INDICATE A  SYMBOL OF HINDUISM.  BUDDISM REPLACED  HINDUISM,

SOME PEOPLE STILL WEAR  A RELIGIOUS STYLE OF CLOTHING.  DANCERS WEAR A SARONG.  KHMER CUISINE IS SIMILAR TO THAT OF SOUTHEAST ASIA AND SIMILAR TO THAI FOOD.  THEUY LIKE FISH SAUCE IN SOUPS.  THEY MAKE STIR FRIED CAMBODIAN CUISINE THAT USES CHINESE PORK RICE NOODLES.

THEY HAD A POPULAR DISH  THAT IS PORK RICE DISH.  COCONUT  MILK IS THE MAIN INGREDIENT OF MANY KHMER FOODS,  THEY LIKE STICKY RICE  THEY LATTER IS USED IN DESERTS.  THEY HAVE UNIQUE DISHES THAT ARE INFLUENCED BY TRADITIONS  THEY HAVE A DISH PREPARED WITH LOCAL CRAB AND PEPPER.  KULA PEOPLE CAME FROM NEE KOLA.  THEY ARE INFLUENCED BY VIETNAMESE FOODS.   

CAMBODIA ART STRETCHES BACK TO AN ANCIENT CRAFT.  KHMER ART REACHES ITS GOAL PEAK DURING ANGHOR PERIODS.  THEY HAVE SILVERSMITHING AND ARTS AND CRAFTS INCLUDING TEXTILES AND SILVERSMITHING, STONE CARRVING , CERAMICS, KITE  MAKING AND WALL MURALS.  


















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