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Preah Botumthera Som (Khmer: ព្រះបទុមត្ថេរសោម, 1852–1932) was a Cambodian writer. He is also known as Venerable Botumthera Som, Brah Padumatthera in French manuscripts, or often simply as Som (សោម). He ...
Date of birth: 1852
Date of death: 1932
Nationality: Cambodian
Occupation: Writer
Gender: Male
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The Ghost Festival, also known as the Hungry Ghost Festival, Zhongyuan Jie (中元節), Gui Jie (鬼節) or Yulan Festival (simplified Chinese: 盂兰盆节; traditional Chinese: 盂蘭盆節; pinyin: Yúlánpénjié) is ...
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Kathoey
Gender identity in Cambodia, Laos, and Thailand
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Kathoey or katoey (Thai: กะเทย; kathoei ) is a word used in Thailand to describe male-to-female transgender person or person of a third gender, or an effeminate homosexual male. Transgender women in T ...
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The history of Asian art or Eastern art, includes a vast range of influences from various cultures and religions. Developments in Asian art historically parallel those in Western art, in general a few ...
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The areca nut (or ) is the fruit of the areca palm (Areca catechu), which grows in much of the tropical Pacific (Melanesia and Micronesia), Southeast and South Asia, and parts of east Africa. It is commonly ...
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Vann Molyvann (Khmer: វណ្ណ ម៉ូលីវណ្ណ; 23 November 1926 – 28 September 2017) was a Cambodian architect. During the Sangkum Reastr Niyum regime (1955–1970), Prince Norodom Sihanouk enacted a development ...
Date of birth: 23 November 1926
Date of death: 28 September 2017
Nationality: Cambodian
Occupation: Architect
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The Preah Ang Chek Preah Ang Chorm shrine (ព្រះអង្គចេក ព្រះអង្គចម) is a religious shrine in Siem Reap, Cambodia. It is located within the compound of the Royal Residence where two statues referred to ...
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Melodorum fruticosum, the white cheesewood (Thai: ลำดวน), is a plant of the Annonaceae family native to South-East Asia. It is one of the two species considered the national flower of Cambodia. It is also ...
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The Royal Ploughing Ceremony (Thai: พระราชพิธีจรดพระนังคัลแรกนาขวัญ Phra Ratcha Phithi Charot Phra Nangkhan Raek Na Khwan; Khmer: ព្រះរាជពិធីបុណ្យច្រត់ព្រះនង្គ័ល Preah Reach Pithi Chrot Preah Neangkol; ...
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Paan
Preparation of betel leaf and areca nut
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Paan (from Sanskrit: पर्ण, parṇá, lit. leaf, cognate with English fern) is a preparation combining betel leaf with areca nut widely consumed throughout Southeast Asia, South Asia (Indian subcontinent) ...
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The betel (Piper betle) is a vine belonging to the Piperaceae family, which includes pepper and kava. Betel leaf is mostly consumed in Asia, and elsewhere in the world by some Asian emigrants, as betel ...
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Sphaerocoryne affinis (notable synonyms: Mitrella mesnyi) is a species of flowering plant in the soursop family, Annonaceae. The fragrant flowers of Sphaerocoryne affinis are highly regarded in Cambodia ...
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Preah Thong Neang Neak statue symbolises the birth of Khmer land, culture, traditions and civilisation of Cambodia. The statue is 21 metres tall on a pedestal 6.34 metres high (27.34 metres in total) is ...
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The National Day of Remembrance (Khmer: ទិវាជាតិនៃការចងចាំ), formerly called the National Day of Hatred, which falls on May 20, is an annual event in Cambodia. It commemorates the Cambodian genocide of ...
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Pchum Ben
15-day religious festival in Cambodia
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Pchum Ben (Khmer: បុណ្យភ្ជុំបិណ្ឌ; "Ancestors' Day") is a 15-day Cambodian religious festival, culminating in celebrations on the 15th day of the tenth month in the Khmer calendar, at the end of the B ...
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Cambodian New Year (Khmer: បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី) (Choul Chnam Thmey, literally "Enter New Year"), is the name of the Cambodian holiday that celebrates the traditional Lunar New Year. The holiday lasts for ...
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The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Khmer: ក្រសួងវប្បធម៌ និងវិចិត្រសិល្បៈ) (MoFA) is the government ministry with a mandate to promote, encourage and support the fine arts of Cambodia.
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Heritage Watch is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving Cambodia’s cultural legacy. Heritage Watch has been working since 2003 to raise awareness of looting and its consequences and to research ...
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