E-mail from Lok Michel Tranet to Lok Bora Touch:
Yes, you're right, ពិណ is supposed to correspond to what is called a harp in English and this kind of harp is still played in Burma.
However I wonder how wrong Samdech Chuon Nath was. It might be possible that ពិណ was later on used to call the lute when the harp was no longer in use. I came to this opinion when I bought in Surin in 1992 two tapes (the date on the tapes is 2534, i.e. 1991) of a story about a bitch given birth to two children who are human beings and who later reject their mother because she's not human. The story is about ungratefulness. The singer's name is ไทยรุ้ง (ថៃរុង). What is written on this tape in Thai is เจรียงพิณ (so if translitterated into Khmer characters: ច្រឿងពិណ for ច្រៀងពិណ). However, it's entirely sung in Khmer (Surin dialect) and in Khmer the singer says ច្រៀងចាប៉ី, not ច្រៀងពិណ. He also recalls the names of two famous Cambodian chapey singers: ពូថៅដៃ and ចង្កូមប្រាំបី. One of my students I had last year, and who is also studying musicology, listened to the biginning of the tape. He was a bit surprised as he told the me that the sound of the instrument is different from the ចាប៉ី he heard in Cambodia, but it's nonetheless a string instrument.
Best,
Michel.
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Lok Michel,
Thank you. Would the Khmer Pin became the Khem as we know it? Here are some more.
Burma
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_7UtuSnP00&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT3kX-hSto0&feature=related
Pin/Harp fusion
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gupxeIsxkfc&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pcADjrpbeoU&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DJDujJLXsrk&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KOhRUnRleNY&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMROre57y18&feature=related
Regards Bora
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Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Khmer’s Actuary Financial and economic investigation found that Dr. Hun Sen and his families’ money is not less than US$ 100 billion in all around the world including banks deposited, investments and properties around the world.
All relatives of Dr. Hun Sen ( above 380 families of Dr. Hun Sen together ) is not less than US$ 200 Billion including all their properties and banks deposited and investments all around the world.
Plus the secret money such as drugs dealer, Gold, Silver, diamonds, forest trees cut down, Angkor watt and over 1000 Khmer ancient temples tourist income, oil in the year 2012...During Dr. Hun Sen’s regime, his economic miss calculation and management make Cambodia loss revenue not less that US$ 1 600 Billion to Thailand and mostly Vietnam.
Plus foreign aid Japan alone donates US$ 150 Billion so far. Where is the money? Interesting isn’t it?
Approximately 10 000Km2 to Vietnam (10 000Km2 of sea with full of sea foods protein, oil, minerals include Koh Trol)
65% of Cambodia forest trees have been cut down for private selling only.
Dr. Hun Sen and his families, relatives and friends are stealing from 90% Cambodian people that earn less than $2 per day. They steal 90% Cambodian people health, well being, Khmer dignity, cut down 90% Cambodian people life expectancy, foods...from 90% Cambodian people. Plus pump in more Vietnamese (approximately not less than 5 million Vietnamese in Cambodia) into Cambodia to make 90% of Cambodian people poorer and sufferer.
By Khmer’s Actuary Economic science internal revenue investigation,
to the above comment: How come I never read Hun Sen's name in who are the riches people on earth? I think Bill Gates , Gorge Soro are some of the top billionairs.
I like Asian classical music. When I was in China I got to enjoy live performance at a restuarant setting.
The dictators never showed their wealth,but the good people did.
The good people showed their riches,but the evil didn't.
Gadhafi,king of Siam,the dictator of Burma,and Hun Sen never showed their wealth.Thai king is a crooked;he killed his own brother to be on the throne and wealth.
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