Valentine’s Day confused young youths’ mind
As I remembered, the celebration of Valentine’s Day has been made since 2000 after the first national election. Young youths always keep this event in their mind and regard it as the special day for their true love. In reality, this event is not Khmer culture. When I was at high school, I never heard [...]
Valentine’s Day by the numbers
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.
The new study, titled [...]
Negative and positive comments on the half-naked Apsara
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:
Khmerbird expressed his [...]
Khmer Poem still alive for Cambodian youths
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 people about [...]
Gov’t officials criticized the half-naked Apsara dancers on Website
With publication of half-naked Khmer women dressed in the traditional clothing of Apsara dancers on the local-Khmer newspapers, government officials, political politicians and Cambodian people expressed concerns about the negative impact of the bare-breasted illustration on Cambodian women, culture and the country.
Reahu, owned by Cambodian-American, is the US-based website featuring the illustration of half-naked women [...]
Celebrating wedding during rainy season
Wedding is one of the most important rituals in Cambodians’ life. Yesterday, I went to join wedding ceremony of my uncle in rural village in Kompong Cham province. It is now rainy season. According to Khmer custom and tradition, Cambodian people never celebrate marriage during rainy season. At the present time, some families still hold [...]