Culture of Cambodia

our culture and roots as we are so accustomed to American traditions. It is important to know where you came from because not only would you understand your family better, but you would understand yourself better. Both my mother and my father were born in Cambodia, a country located in Southeast Asia, to Chinese-Cambodian parents. Both of their families immigrated to America in order to have a better life not only for them, but for their children 's future. Heritage is something to be proud of in our diverse nation. Sophan Chevone Chea is my mom 's maiden name. She was born in Cambodia to a Cambodian mother and Chinese father. “Chea” is a Chinese surname common in China and Cambodia. In Khmer, the chea means good health and recovery. My mom grew up during the control of the Khmer Rouge, which was a communist movement that later…

Social Cambodia has a population of 15.458.332. 47,9 % of the population is 24 or younger. In the table below you can see a population pyramid. As you can see there are a lot of young people. The life expectancy at birth is 63,78 years. For females it is 66,32 and for males it is 61,35 years. So on average females get older then males in Cambodia. The average school life expectancy is 11 years and the percentage of child labor is 39% (based om 2008 and 2001 information) 90% of the ethnic…

Presentation Script : Cambodia Slide 1 : “Good morning everyone. We would like to present one country -- is ASEAN member -- is Cambodia.” Slide 2 : “Cambodia is known in name the Khmer Empire ,is a country located in Southeast Asia.” Slide 3 : “Cambodia has 181,035 square kilometers. It bordered by Thailand to the northwest, Laos to the northeast, Vietnam to the east, and the Gulf of Thailand to the southwest” Slide 4 : “Place in Cambodia. First, Cambodia has 21 cities. And the capital city is…

faced in history. This great injustice all began with Pol Pot. Pol Pot was born in northern Cambodia in 1925. Like all great evil leaders Pol Pot (young age) was an excellent student was an intellectual person, who got scholarships to go to any school he chose. Pol Pot was interested in Communism and Communist parties. After returning from a meeting Pol Pot came back to the Cambodia while whole region was revolting against French. Later that year Cambodia gained their independence from…

Music is a defining feature of culture, and likewise a loss of music culture can have a giant effect on an overall culture. This is the case in Cambodia, where the effects of the Khmer Rouge and the loss of both a musical and cultural identity have occurred.1 Due to this, there has been a movement to restore traditional Khmer music and other cultural art.2 Through a variety of studies, this situation has been documented to a large extent. The current research focuses on the nature of the music…

Paper Cambodia is the land in which my parents were raised and my livelihood encompasses. I was born in America, with Chinese blood, but my history lies with Cambodia. The Cambodian Genocide is the most impactful event to have entered my life, for a very important reason: my parents were personal participants. A South-Eastern country in Asia, with neighboring countries Laos, Vietnam, and Thailand, it was previously known as the Khmer Empire of Angkor. Everything changed when the Khmer Rouge…

Located in eastern Asia Cambodia lies between Thailand and vietnam. Cambodia is surrounded by beautiful mountains and mysterious rainforests. Although with lots of beautiful geographical structures Cambodia's government lacked stability. Starting in 1975 Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge army took over Cambodia and started a communist country, while killing 25 percent of Cambodia's population(Pol). Through raising tensions between local countries and Cambodia, the Cambodian Killing Fields were…

Pol Pot Pol Pot was born in 1925 on May the 19th, in Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia. During his years he rose to power as a leader for the Khmer Rouge, one of Cambodia’s Communist Regimes, which during 1975 took over the country. During his time in power and during the Khmer Rouge reign, he oversaw deaths of around one to two million people from starvation, overwork or execution. Pol Pot was a leader that had negative effects on his people and country. Pol Pot was born into a farm life…

secondly, it misrepresents and distorts Khmer culture and history; and thirdly, it generally misleads the reader about Cambodia in the 1970s and life under Khmer Rouge”(Hor, Lay, & Quinn). Although the critics have made many strong points, this essay will focus mainly on the three fairly weak…

life’s. Likewise, War has been and still is one ways or reason to influence and the spread of “culture”, “civilization” and mostly importantly “religion” (Michael Lee Lanning). During many battles throughout history different groups of individuals were taken advantage over. Moreover, in a patriarchal society women, people of color, and also people of different religious or culture groups are treated, unequal which…