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It is notice that during the big festivals such as Khmer New Year and P’Chum Ben, most of Cambodians living in Phnom Penh always flood to countryside to meet their families and relatives. Therefore, the demand for taxi and bus service is higher than the normal day causing its price to increase doubles.
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I felt surprised when I read Newspaper Reaksmey Kampuchear its title “Marriage Life…” yesterday and then I saw the photo of 6 Australian guys on its front page that strongly attracted readers’ eyes. This photo I posted on my blog on August 10 with title “Australian guys wear Khmer tradition wedding,” [...]
The old year will be replaced with the new year (the Year of Cow) approaching next week from 14 to 16 April. Most of Cambodian people who are working for private sector and NGOs staff will not work for a week in order to celebrate Khmer Year. Most of them like to visit countryside or [...]
New research on young Cambodian attitudes towards Valentine’s Day and sexual relationships has found that more than half the interviewees questioned were happy to engage in sexual intercourse. In fact, the research shows that many middleclass Cambodians are using Valentine’s Day not to celebrate their love but as a catalyst for sex.
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Cambodian government sent letter to local Internet Service Providers to block access to controversial website “Reahu†last week. People within Cambodia cannot access this site after minister of women raged the pictures from site featuring bare-breasted illustration of Apsara dancers and one woman in the clothing of a Khmer Rouge cadre.
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After local newspapers published the photos of half-naked Apsara designed by Reahu (now this website is down), then there are negative and positive points of view about the paintings. But the government’s leaders criticized strongly the impact of the bare-breasted illustration. I now just republish the comments from my blog readers as following:
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The year of Ox will be celebrated next week by Chinese, Vietnamese and Cambodian-Chinese throughout the country. Historically, the linking between the kingdom in Cambodia- Funan, Chenla and Angkor- and China has existed since the beginning of history. According the history, Chinese envoy, Chou Ta-Kuan, visited Angkor Thom in 1296-7.
Decorating their homes [...]
All people always saw and heard the well-know Khmer Scholar, Krom Ngoy (1865-1936), aka “Phirum Ngoy” or “Ngoy the language master”. He usually performed “Chapei” at the various religious ceremonies and festivals by taking his meaningful poetry of form of rhyming “Chapei” songs. His poems are concerned with the moral issues and teach [...]
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