Kaun Oy Ben Pchum
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| People offer rice during the first day of the Pchum Ben festival at a pagoda in Phnom Penh September 13, 2011. Cambodians visit temples during the 15-day Pchum Ben, or Festival of the Dead, to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Samrang Pring |
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| A woman offers money to beggars standing outside a pagoda on the first day of the Pchum Ben festival in Phnom Penh September 13, 2011. Cambodians visit temples during the 15-day Pchum Ben, or Festival of the Dead, to offer prayers to loved ones who have passed away. REUTERS/Samrang Pring |
Wednesday, 21 September 2011
Post Staff
The Phnom Penh Post
A CULTURE’S clothing is symbolic of the nation. The Kingdom of Cambodia has a unique culture that dates from ancient times and continues today. Many people still wear traditional Khmer clothing to pagodas, to weddings and other ceremonies.
When there is a traditional ceremony, we often see beggars, young and old, inside the pagodas and outside the gates, asking for money. After they are given money, some of them use it to buy food – but others use it to buy drugs that can ruin their future and disrupt society.
Pchom Ben has arrived, and people are bringing food to the monks in pagodas and praying to dead family members. Some teenagers wear traditional clothing, made from silks such as Hol or Phamuong, to pagodas, but some wear sexy dresses. We discuss how that reflects on Khmer culture and whether it’s a good model for other young women.
On the topic of Khmer culture, we also speak to a 24-year-old who is exceptionally skilled in Chapei Dang Veng, A Yai, Mohaori and other styles of traditional music.
She is not the only talented young woman in this week’s issue. We speak to a lady who designs traditional Khmer clothes, especially Khmer wedding clothes. She quit her nursing studies to start her own business specialising in wedding apparel.
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7 comments:
Khmer beggars number 1
Pchom Ben is the best time to get a khmer girl. See the girls in the picture, they are gorgeous, very beautiful. They have very light skin color.
Most khmer girls feel ashame or shy when they have big boobs/breast. That's wrong. They should be proud. That's not something money can buy. They're precious.
i think the more you give, the more beggars will keep asking! i think we should not encourage people to beg like this by giving them money, etc, really!
Why can't they just say "Pchhum Ben" in lieu of "Ben Pchhum"???
What the f*** are they thinking???
Kalonh Chuck
8:07 AM
Number one is alway better than number two.
And you are the number 2
8:07PM
WHAT ARE YOU NUMBER 2...VIETCONG??
THERE ARE MANY VIETCONGS BEGGARS IN VIETNAM.
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