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២- ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទ
ពណ៌សិរីសួស្ដីសម្រាប់ថ្ងៃច័ន្ទគឺ ពណ៌លឿង តំណាងឱ្យសមភាព ភាពស្មើគ្នា។

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ពណ៌សិរីសួស្ដីរបស់ថ្ងៃអង្គារគឺ ពណ៌ស្វាយ តំណាងឱ្យភក្ដីភាពនិងភាពស្មោះស្ម័គ្រ។

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ពណ៌សិរីសួស្ដីរបស់ថ្ងៃពុធគឺ ពណ៌ស៊ីលៀប តំណាងឱ្យអព្យាក្រឹត្យភាព។

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ពណ៌សិរីសួស្ដីរបស់ថ្ងៃសុក្រគឺ ពណ៌ខៀវ តំណាងឱ្យមេត្តាភាព។

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ពណ៌សិរីសួស្ដីរបស់ថ្ងៃសៅរ៍គឺ ពណ៌ព្រីងទុំ តំណាងឱ្យភាពសោកសៅនិងទុកព្រួយ។
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 Sampeah

The Sampeah is a Cambodian traditionally greeting style or way of showing respect. While performing the salutation or mutual recognition “Sampeah”, people have to raise both hands, and place their palms together in the lotus-like fashion while bowing slightly. The word often spoken with the Sampeah when greeting somebody is Chumreap Suor, while Chumreap Lea is spoken when saying goodbye.

 
Bas Relief of Sampeah at Wat Phnom Cultural and Historical Site

Hello In Cambodia And Other Greeting Etiquettes In The Country

Cultural norms of respect and hierarchy, which have existed for generations ago, are still followed by every Cambodian citizen. But they might not be familiar with typical foreigners who visit the country. In other words, culture shock may exist among the traditional greeting etiquettes. However, you can see that in the way Cambodians greet each other. Sampeah is the most respectful and polite way to welcome, pay gratitude, or apologize to whom you are expressing in the conversation. 

When you greet, thank you, sorry, or say goodbye in Cambodia, the traditional gesture is like praying (put your both hands together like lotus shape). People have to bow their heads a little bit and simultaneously combine their hands. Sampeah is a Cambodian greeting etiquette that is commonly used, especially when meeting families, acquaintances, or co-workers. 

How to say hello in Cambodian? When you use the word Chum Reap Sour (meaning Hello in Cambodian), this formal expression is usually followed by the Sampeah gesture. What about how to say Hi in Cambodian? You can say Sour Sdey, and it does not require the Sampeah gesture as this is also regarded as hello in Cambodia, and the word is frequently utilized with closer relationships like friends, or younger families. Although the Sampeah is a form of greeting, it is also a common way to say thanks or apologize and is an important part of Khmer culture which is heavily influenced by Indian Hindu and Buddhist culture.

You may wonder how we do greetings in Cambodia? you might want to hold your hand gesture longer than the verbal expression when you are at official meetings or with older people. This is a sign of showing more respect. In return, you will be regarded as a gentle person. Thus, to get rid of being culture shock, you should learn the appropriate way of Cambodian greetings before booking Cambodia trip packages.

As mentioned earlier, Sampeah is a hand expression in which the higher your hands are placed and the lower your bow is, the more respected and gentle you are regarded. Even though it is perfectly appropriate to shake hands with Cambodians. As a foreigner, Sampeah in the traditional manner would be much welcomed as a demonstration of your understanding and respect for the country. And I am definitely clear that the Cambodians would be surprised and decent with this kind of act. 

Before diving further, every foreigner should know how to perform “Sampeah” in a correct and proper way. 

There are generally five different hand gestures that you need to perform for Sampeah. Each position has a distinguished level of respect to whom you show “Sampeah”. To start off, bear in mind that every Sampeah is required to place both palms together like a lotus flower to perform correctly. 

  1. Chest Level: Since the sampeah is hierarchical, the first sampeah gesture is on the chest. It is used when you greet friends or other people of the same age or status by placing the budding lotus's hands on the chest. 

  2. Mouth Level: The second one is mostly seen in the palms' positioning on the mouth. It is utilized to greet, thank you, sorry, or say goodbye to people with higher statuses, such as older relatives, bosses, and so on. 

  3. Nose Level: The third Sampeah is put at the nose with a head bowing down a little bit. This gesture must be used to show respect to parents, grandparents, teachers, or the elderly. 

  4. Eyebrow Level: The fourth one is for respecting the king, monks, or female and male monastics (bhikkhunī & bhikkhus in Sanskrit)

  5. Forehead Level: Last but not least, in the case of praying to Buddha, Gods, sacred statues, or temples.

Here Are Five Instances in Which You Should Deliver The Right Sampeah

Social status, ranking, and age are the first thing to understand. People with the same level can Sampeah each other on the chest. Moreover, If you are greeting your employer, senior individuals, or someone you admire, your Sampeah should be placed below your mouth or lips. For older families, like parents, grandparents, relatives, or lecturers, you may want to Sampeah them by placing the fingertips touching the nose. Other than that, if you happen to pass by the walking monks, you should bow down with your palm close to your hands and fingertips touching your eyebrows. In addition, you should do the same behavior to kings and male and female nuns. 

Now after you have met four different situations, let’s explore the last one that is considered the superlative social status in Cambodia. Temples (mostly are regarded as sacred places), sacred statues, and Gods are the top respected rank. Therefore, you should place your hands together up high with the thumbs touching the forehead while bowing down as deep as you can (can be touching the floor). 

For this reason, it is important to remember these five different situations of greeting in order to ensure that you are performing the right Sampeah gesture to the right people. In addition to greetings like "hello" and "goodbye," the Sampeah may also be used to express gratitude or apologies. 

Hence, you should keep in mind these five ways of greetings to make sure you are doing an appropriate Sampeah. Sampeah is not just simply a form of saying hello or goodbye, it is also used to say thank you in Khmer (Ar-Kun). Doing Sampeah is a way of expressing respect and politeness, so it would be impolite to not respond back when people do a Sampeah gesture to you. Being respectful and gentle by doing Sampeah is an important part of Cambodian culture; however, if you do not respond the same Sampeah back, you will be considered a rude person. For example, if our Cambodian colleague says good morning in Cambodian (Ar-Run-Sour-Sdey), then you need to reply with the same word with a Sampeah gesture back to them to show respect. 

Perception of Respect Regarding Head and Feet 

Cambodians believe that the head is the most important portion of the body since it is the headquarters of wisdom and spiritual essence. A person's head is considered sacrosanct. As a result, patting or touching someone's head is a serious insult. Feet, on the other hand, are regarded as a less important portion of the body, so there are not many insults towards feet.

Modern Cambodian Greeting Etiquette 

Nowadays, Western cultural impact is now recognized in Cambodia. Cambodian men often exchange handshakes. However, Cambodian women are more likely to stick to the customary greeting and avoid shaking hands with males, particularly of the opposite sex. Not just Cambodia, Cambodian women living in the U.S. are still cautious about shaking hands, particularly the new immigrants or the elderly.https://intocambodia.org/content/sampeah

 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampeah



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 Sampeah, the Khmer traditional way of greeting one another, plays an important role in Cambodian society today. Consisting of five common postures--five styles of Sampeah, this tradition is one that has been practiced in high esteem by all Cambodians around the globe.
Every country has it's own culture, traditions and characteristic flavors. For a foreigner in any country, some common sense and respect can help to bridge differences and bring about better mutual understanding. The Western way of greeting by shaking hands has now been adopted by many people throughout the world. As a tradition, when one person meets another, especially on formal occasions, without the shaking of hands just isn't proper. By the same token, any Cambodian would feel impolite and uncomfortable not to do the Sampeah when he or she meets people. It also helps to break the ice when people meet for the first time and actually creates an atmosphere of friendship and peace. Tradition dictates that the Sompeah, which dictates placing both palms of one's hands together in prayer and different styles of bowing, In general, the junior respect senior and the higher the hands and the lower the bow the more respect is shown. Mr. Hang Soth, General Director of the General Department of Cultural Techniques, at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, who is an expert in Khmer culture and traditions, made the following remark: "The salutation is very interesting. It is a sign of respect and politeness. A person who another person pays respect shall extend his charity and mercy toward a person who pays respect to the former. Mutual respects from inner heart are great and can achieve unexpected things."One of our popular adages says 'Chaul Steung Tam Baott, Chaul Srok Tam Prateh', (in Khmer, when we ride a boat along a river we must follow the zigzag course of the stream and when we visit a country we need to follow its local customs and tradition), can explain that the Khmer is flexible and also respect the culture of the others. However, many of us also agree with a principle as defining that Boran menn-men yeut, samai menn-men boroteh, boroteh menn-men sott ter la'ar taing oh ter, which means that ancient but now slow, modern but not fully copying from foreign countries, all imported products are not perfect, thus reflecting that they are not rigid but adapt what they can. "Carvings on galleries of many Prasat (temples) built for example around the Angkor epoch (9th and 13th century) are enable visitors to have some reflection about Sampeah and Cambodian people of the present time still conserve their traditional way of liking to wholeheartedly receiving their guests. "Many guests also like Khmer house's traditional styles but also question why the typical Khmer house possesses short door that oblige guests to bow before entering the sitting room. The reason is that the hosts also want his or her guests return greetings." Soon after the guests enter into their house, the hosts in the olden time must come out to greet guests and serve them well what are necessary ranging from inviting latter to smoke a cigarette, chewing betel with a solution of lime, areca and tobacco, and having drinks and food. The practice still prevails until today but the exception of chewing betel in the modern time." In recent decades this customs has been combined with the western practice of shaking hands by people in towns and State employees who had more opportunity to contact with the international community. Although men tend to shake hands with each other, women usually use Sampeah or the traditional greetings with both men and women. It is considered acceptable (or perhaps excusable) for foreigners to shake hands with Cambodians of both sexes. As social conventions, public display of physical greetings in Cambodia are much more acceptable between friends of same sex than between lovers of opposite sexes. Holding hands and hugging is as common among male members of State delegations but seldom among Khmer female.
"Finally, the Khmer has her own concepts about Sampeah. There are five specific attitudes and five specific styles of Sampeah. "According to Khmer concepts, the five common postures of Sampeah are: 1) Angkuoy baott cheung Sampeah cham pee muk, literally translate as "sitting on the legs which are folded and the feet are one side to salute by placing both hands together palm to palm in front of a person; 2) Angkuoy boatt cheung Sampeah pee cham-hieng, literally translate as "sitting on the legs which are folded and the feet are one side to salute by placing both hands together palm to palm by side of a person;3) Lut chung-kung Sampeah, literally translate as kneeling by placing both hands together palm to palm in front of or by side of a person;4) Angkuoy choang-hoang Sampeah, literally translate as "sitting on one's heels in a hunch-down manner to salute by placing both hands together palm to palm in front of a person.http://www.leisurecambodia.com/news/detail.php?id=155

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sampeah


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 Sampeah is Cambodian way of greeting. there are 5 kind of sampeah. 

1. Sampeah for same age or younger 

2. Sampeah to respect higher range of peoples, bosses, etc. 

3. Sampeah for parents, grand parents and teachers

 4. Sampeah to greet King/s or monks

 5. Sampeah to pray for God/Buddha or Sacred statues

 

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 Why do Thailand and Laos always think they are Tai-Kra and of Chinese origin but they look darker than the Vietnamese, an ethnic group of AutosAsiatic origin like the Khmer?

Thais and Laos always think they are Tai-Kradai group and not of Chinese origin.

Other Tai groups, like Northern Tai and Central Tai, may adopt Chinese Language.

However, for Southwestern Tai groups, like Thais and Laos, have  influenced  alphabets,  writing system from Khmer-mon group who original lives here. 

No matter how many Chinese Quorans tell you how China has 7000 years history, their Chinese influence only affect around Huang he and Yangtze rivers. Even their proud Chinese cultures get influenced by Indian Culture(Han Buddhism for example)

Why do Thais and Laos look darker than Vietnamese and Khmer?

Because Thais and Laos don’t originally live in Southeast Asia. They originally lived around today’s Yunnan Prefecture in China. The people who originally live in southeastern Asia are Mon, Khmer, and Javanese, and they all have darker skin. Therefore, it’s normal to find some Thais and Laos who have dark skin, because they are mixed blood from interracial marriages.

It’s easily to differentiate between pure blood Thais and Laos. Just look at their nose bridges. If their nose bridges are flat, they are pure Thais and Laos.

Map represent.

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On 20 July 2023, the French School of Asian Studies or The École française d'Extrême-Orient (EFEO), in partnership with the APSARA National Authority for conservation and research work at the Angkor site, handed over 31 boxes of artifact fragments including one Buddha statue, and one Bai Sema to the APSARA National Authority for preservation, research, and inventory.
Tin Tina, Deputy Director of the Department of Research, Training, and Communication, said that all the artifacts donated by the EFEO to the APSARA National Authority were found by excavation at some research sites in Angkor, such as Kouk Ta Siem, Boeung Don Pa, Ung Mong, Baphuon and Prey Moni. He added that these items include, firstly, 27 boxes of ceramics from the Baphuon temple, including hard pottery, fragile pottery belonging to Khmer as well as Chinese, Siamese, and Vietnamese ceramics. Second, two boxes of sandstone pieces from Kok Ta Siam. Third, there are two boxes of sandstone pieces from Boeung Don Pa, Kork Ta Siam, and the Ung Mong temple. Fourth, one Buddha statue from Ung Mong temple and one Bai Sema from Prey Monti temple.
Mr. Tina added that after receiving all these items, the experts of the APSARA National Authority will prepare for the preservation in a technical manner, and the APSARA National Authority will organize a non-permanent exhibition in the Preah Norodom Sihanouk-Angkor Museum to display to the national and international tourists to study and explore Cambodian art.
It should be noted that this is the third time that the French School of Asian Studies has handed over archeological artifacts from excavations at some research sites and temple restoration sites to the APSARA National Authority.
Article: Yi Sotha
Photos: Hum Rithy

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 Success demands these 6 things.. 

(The Secret Formula)

 1.  Hard Work 

Don't believe in luck, believe in hard work. Stop trying to rush the process or searching for a shortcut. There is none.

2.  Patience 

If you are losing the patience, you are losing the battle. First, nothing happens, then it happens slowly and suddenly all at once. Most people give up at stage one.

 3.  Sacrifice

If you don't sacrifice for what you want, then what you want becomes the sacrifice. Everything has its price. The question is: Are you ready to pay it for the life you desire?

4.  Consistency 

Consistency is what transforms average into excellence. Without consistency, you will never achieve greater success.

5.  Discipline 

Motivation gets you going, but discipline keeps you growing. There will be days when you don't “feel” like doing it. You have to push through those days regardless of how you feel.

 6.  Self Confidence 

Confidence is, I'll be fine if they don't like me.

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 # Wandering in Phnom Penh 🇰🇭

## Phnom Penh is a vibrant and bustling city in Cambodia, full of history and culture. With its beautiful architecture, rich cuisine, and friendly locals, it's no wonder that it's becoming a popular tourist destination. One of the best ways to truly experience the city is by wandering around and discovering its hidden gems. In this blog post, we'll take a look at three areas of Phnom Penh that are perfect for wandering.

## Riverside

The riverside is an ideal place to start your wandering adventure in Phnom Penh. Along the banks of the Tonle Sap and Mekong rivers, you'll find a variety of restaurants, cafes, and bars to explore. Take a stroll along the promenade and watch the boats go by, or relax in one of the many parks and gardens. The Riverside is also home to some of Phnom Penh's most iconic landmarks, such as the Royal Palace and the National Museum. Be sure to take some time to admire these stunning examples of Khmer architecture.

## Toul Tom Poung Market

If you're looking for an authentic Cambodian experience, head to Toul Tom Poung Market. This bustling market is filled with vendors selling everything from fresh produce to traditional handicrafts. It's a great place to try some local street food or pick up a souvenir to take home. The market is also home to several small boutiques and cafes, making it the perfect spot for a leisurely afternoon of shopping and people-watching.

## BKK1

For a taste of Phnom Penh's modern side, head to the BKK1 neighborhood. Here, you'll find trendy cafes, boutique shops, and upscale restaurants. It's a great place to spend a lazy afternoon sipping coffee and browsing through local art galleries. BKK1 is also home to several beautiful parks and gardens, providing a peaceful escape from the hustle and bustle of the city.

## Wandering around Phnom Penh is an excellent way to discover the city's hidden treasures. From the bustling riverside to the authentic Toul Tom Poung Market to the modern BKK1 neighborhood, there's something for everyone. So put on your walking shoes, grab your camera, and get ready to explore all that Phnom Penh has to offer.

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Khmer Art Overseas:In delving into the auction sales by leading auctioneers Christie’s over the past twenty-odd years, their online records show a significant series of sales of mostly bronze Khmer artifacts connected to the concept of Tantric Buddhism, which was practiced in Cambodia from the 10th century onwards but became much more popular in the 13th century before dying out. However, no manuscripts from the height of the Angkor period have survived, only a series of bronze and stone sculptures, as well as the occasional reference in Sanskrit inscriptions. It was believed to have been a path to enlightenment practiced by the elite and high-born in Khmer society, through mantras, rituals and meditation, with Hevajra as its chief deity. At the time of Jayavarman VII (late 12th, early 13th century) images of a dancing Shiva, Sadashiva and the multi-headed Hevajra were extremely popular, with Hevajra usually in the middle of an open pavilion-shrine known as a mandala, and surrounded in a circle by eight smaller female Yogini attendants, frequently shown dancing on corpses. Equally associated with the Tantric belief are female spirits, known as Dakini, or sky-dancers, the female personification of enlightenment and energy.Credit@Andy Brouwer
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