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Culture of Southeast Asia

Acharya

In Indian religions and society, an acharya (Sanskrit: आचार्य, IAST:; Pali: ācariya) is a religious teacher in Hinduism and Buddhism and a spiritual guide to Hindus and Buddhists.

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Ang Duong

Ang Duong (អង្គឌួង; 12 June 1796 – 18 October 1860) was the King of Cambodia from 1848 to his death in 1860.

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Angkor

Angkor (អង្គរ, 'Capital city'), also known as Yasodharapura (យសោធរបុរៈ; यशोधरपुर),Headly, Robert K.; Chhor, Kylin; Lim, Lam Kheng; Kheang, Lim Hak; Chun, Chen.

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Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat (អង្គរវត្ត, "City/Capital of Temples") is a Hindu-Buddhist temple complex in Cambodia.

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Animism

Animism (from meaning 'breath, spirit, life') is the belief that objects, places, and creatures all possess a distinct spiritual essence.

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An apostolic prefect or prefect apostolic is a priest who heads what is known as an apostolic prefecture, a 'pre-diocesan' missionary jurisdiction where the Catholic Church is not yet sufficiently developed to have it made a diocese.

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Apostolic vicariate

An apostolic vicariate is a territorial jurisdiction of the Catholic Church under a titular bishop centered in missionary regions and countries where dioceses or parishes have not yet been established.

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Architect

An architect is a person who plans, designs, and oversees the construction of buildings.

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The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) is the governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal in most countries and territories in Asia.

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Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players each, who primarily use their feet to propel a ball around a rectangular field called a pitch.

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Atheism

Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities.

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Auguste Pavie

Auguste Jean-Marie Pavie (31 May 1847 – 7 June 1925) was a French colonial civil servant, explorer and diplomat who was instrumental in establishing French control over Laos in the last two decades of the 19th century.

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Étienne Aymonier

Étienne François Aymonier (26 February 1844 – 21 January 1929) was a French linguist and explorer.

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Đại Việt

Đại Việt (literally Great Việt), was a Vietnamese monarchy in eastern Mainland Southeast Asia from the 10th century AD to the early 19th century, centered around the region of present-day Hanoi, Northern Vietnam.

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Bali

Bali (English:; ᬩᬮᬶ) is a province of Indonesia and the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands.

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Banteay Srei

Banteay Srei (បន្ទាយស្រី) is a 10th century CE Cambodian temple dedicated to the Hindu god Shiva and Parvati.

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Bayon

The Bayon (ប្រាសាទបាយ័ន, Prasat Bayoăn) (BAI-on) is a richly decorated Khmer temple related to Buddhism at Angkor in Cambodia.

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Bánh tráng

Bánh tráng or bánh đa nem, a Vietnamese term (literally, coated bánh), sometimes called rice paper wrappers, rice crepes, rice wafers or nem wrappers, are edible Vietnamese wrappers used in Vietnamese cuisine, primarily in finger foods and appetizers such as Vietnamese nem dishes.

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Bánh xèo

Bánh xèo is a crispy, stuffed rice pancake popular in Vietnam.

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Black pepper

Black pepper (Piper nigrum) is a flowering vine in the family Piperaceae, cultivated for its fruit (the peppercorn), which is usually dried and used as a spice and seasoning.

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Blouse

A blouse is a loose-fitting upper garment that may be worn by workmen, peasants, artists, women, and children.

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Bokator

Bokator (ល្បុក្កតោ, lbŏkkâtaô) or Kun L'Bokator (គុនល្បុក្កតោ, kun lbŏkkâtaô) is an ancient Cambodian battlefield martial art.

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Bolero

Bolero is a genre of song which originated in eastern Cuba in the late 19th century as part of the trova tradition.

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Bon Om Touk

Bon Om Touk (បុណ្យអុំទូក, Bŏn Om Tuk, lit. "Boat Racing Festival"), also known as the Cambodian Water Festival, is celebrated in late October or early November, often corresponding with the lunar Mid-Autumn Festival.

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Buddhism

Buddhism, also known as Buddha Dharma and Dharmavinaya, is an Indian religion and philosophical tradition based on teachings attributed to the Buddha, a wandering teacher who lived in the 6th or 5th century BCE.

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Cambodia

Cambodia, officially the Kingdom of Cambodia, is a country in Mainland Southeast Asia.

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The Cambodia national association football team is the men's national football team that represents Cambodia in association football.

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Cambodian Civil War

The Cambodian Civil War (សង្គ្រាមស៊ីវិលកម្ពុជា, UNGEGN) was a civil war in Cambodia fought between the forces of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (known as the Khmer Rouge, supported by North Vietnam and the Viet Cong) against the government forces of the Kingdom of Cambodia and, after October 1970, the Khmer Republic, which had succeeded the kingdom (both supported by the United States and South Vietnam).

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Cambodian cuisine

Cambodian cuisine combines the culinary traditions of many different ethnic groups in Cambodia, an important subset of which is Khmer cuisine, the nearly-two-thousand-year-old culinary tradition of the majority Khmer people.

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Cambodian mat

A Cambodian mat also known as a kantael (Khmer: កន្ទេល) is a woven mat made from palm or reed in Cambodia.

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Cambodian New Year

Cambodian New Year (or Khmer New Year; បុណ្យចូលឆ្នាំខ្មែរ), also known as Choul Chnam Thmey (ចូលឆ្នាំថ្មី, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC), Moha Sangkran (មហាសង្ក្រាន្ត, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) or Sangkran, is the traditional celebration of the solar new year in Cambodia.

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Cambodian Premier League

The Cambodian Premier League (លីគកំពូលកម្ពុជា) is a top association football division in Cambodia and administered by the Cambodian Football League Company (CFLC).

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Catholic Church

The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with 1.28 to 1.39 billion baptized Catholics worldwide as of 2024.

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Cha-cha-cha (dance)

The cha-cha-cha (also called cha-cha), is a dance of Cuban origin.

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Chams

The Chams (Cham: ꨌꩌ, Čaṃ), or Champa people (Cham:, Urang Campa; Người Chăm or Người Chàm; ជនជាតិចាម), are an Austronesian ethnic group in Southeast Asia as well as an indigenous people of central Vietnam.

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Chinese Cambodians

Chinese Cambodians (or Sino-Khmers) are Cambodian citizens of Chinese ancestry or Chinese of full or partial Khmer ancestry.

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Chinese cuisine

Chinese cuisine comprises cuisines originating from China, as well as from Chinese people from other parts of the world.

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Chinese noodles

Chinese noodles vary widely according to the region of production, ingredients, shape or width, and manner of preparation.

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Christianity

Christianity is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ.

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Coconut milk

Coconut milk is an opaque, milky-white liquid extracted from the grated pulp of mature coconuts.

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Curry

Curry is a dish with a sauce or gravy seasoned with spices, mainly associated with South Asian cuisine.

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Dance in Cambodia

Dance in Cambodia (របាំ robam) consists of three main categories: classical dance of the royal court, folk dance which portrays cultural traditions, and social dances performed in social gatherings.

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Dance in Thailand

Dance in Thailand (นาฏศิลป์, or นาฏกรรม) is the main dramatic art form in Thailand.

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Dhammayuttika Nikaya

Dhammayuttika Nikāya (Pali; ธรรมยุติกนิกาย;; ធម្មយុត្តិកនិកាយ), or Dhammayut Order (คณะธรรมยุต), is an order of Theravada Buddhist bhikkhus (monks) in Thailand, Cambodia, and Burma, with significant branches in the Western world.

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Dragon boat

A dragon boat is a human-powered watercraft originating from the Pearl River Delta region of China's southern Guangdong Province.

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Durian

The durian is the edible fruit of several tree species belonging to the genus Durio.

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Education in Cambodia

Education in Cambodia is controlled by the state through the Ministry of Education in a national level and by the Department of Education at the provincial level.

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Epigraphy

Epigraphy is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the writing and the writers.

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Federal Research Division

The Federal Research Division (FRD) is the research and analysis unit of the United States Library of Congress.

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Fermentation in food processing

In food processing, fermentation is the conversion of carbohydrates to alcohol or organic acids using microorganisms—yeasts or bacteria—under anaerobic (oxygen-free) conditions.

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FIFA

The Fédération Internationale de Football Association, more commonly known by its acronym FIFA, is the international self-regulatory governing body of association football, beach soccer, and futsal.

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Fish

A fish (fish or fishes) is an aquatic, anamniotic, gill-bearing vertebrate animal with swimming fins and a hard skull, but lacking limbs with digits.

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Fish sauce

Fish sauce is a liquid condiment made from fish or krill that have been coated in salt and fermented for up to two years.

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The Football Federation of Cambodia (FFC; សហព័ន្ធកីឡាបាល់ទាត់កម្ពុជា) is a governing body that administers some association football and futsal activities in Cambodia.

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Funan

Funan (Hvunân,; Phù Nam, Chữ Hán: 夫南) was the name given by Chinese cartographers, geographers and writers to an ancient Indianized state—or, rather a loose network of states (Mandala)—located in mainland Southeast Asia covering parts of present-day Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam that existed from the first to sixth century CE.

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Gambling in Cambodia

Gambling in Cambodia is officially illegal under the 1996 Law on Suppression of Gambling, which outlawed all unauthorized forms of gambling and provided for penalties ranging from monetary fines to short prison sentences, although the Cambodian government's General Department of Prisons does not list gambling as one of the 28 offenses punishable by imprisonment.

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Garuda

Garuda (translit; Garuḷa; Vedic Sanskrit: गरुळ) is a Hindu deity who is primarily depicted as the mount (vahana) of the Hindu god Vishnu.

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George Chigas

George Chigas is an American writer, scholar and expert on Cambodian culture and the crimes of the Khmer Rouge.

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Glutinous rice

Glutinous rice (Oryza sativa var. glutinosa; also called sticky rice, sweet rice or waxy rice) is a type of rice grown mainly in Southeast and East Asia, and the northeastern regions of South Asia, which has opaque grains, very low amylose content, and is especially sticky when cooked.

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Greenwood Publishing Group

Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc. (GPG), also known as ABC-Clio/Greenwood (stylized ABC-CLIO/Greenwood), is an educational and academic publisher (middle school through university level) which is today part of ABC-Clio.

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Hammock

A hammock, from Spanish hamaca, borrowed from Taíno and Arawak hamaka, is a sling made of fabric, rope, or netting, suspended between two or more points, used for swinging, sleeping, or resting.

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Heritage Watch

Heritage Watch is a non-profit organization dedicated to saving Cambodia’s cultural legacy.

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Hierarchy

A hierarchy (from Greek:, from, 'president of sacred rites') is an arrangement of items (objects, names, values, categories, etc.) that are represented as being "above", "below", or "at the same level as" one another.

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Hinduism

Hinduism is an Indian religion or dharma, a religious and universal order by which its followers abide.

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Holy See

The Holy See (url-status,; Santa Sede), also called the See of Rome, Petrine See or Apostolic See, is the jurisdiction of the pope in his role as the Bishop of Rome.

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Hora (astrology)

Horā (Sanskrit: होरा)) is a branch of the Indian system of astrology known as Jyotiṣa. It deals with the finer points of predictive methods, as distinct from Siddhānta (astronomy proper) and Saṃhita (mundane astrology). The various aspects of hora are.

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Human head

In human anatomy, the head is at the top of the human body.

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India

India, officially the Republic of India (ISO), is a country in South Asia.

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Indian epic poetry

Indian epic poetry is the epic poetry written in the Indian subcontinent, traditionally called Kavya (or Kāvya; Sanskrit: काव्य, IAST: kāvyá).

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Indonesia

Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans.

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Indonesian cuisine

Indonesian cuisine is a collection of various regional culinary traditions that formed in the archipelagic nation of Indonesia.

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Islam

Islam (al-Islām) is an Abrahamic monotheistic religion centered on the Quran and the teachings of Muhammad, the religion's founder.

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Jarai people

Jarai people or Dega (Người Gia Rai, Gia Rai, or Gia-rai; ចារ៉ាយ, Charay or ជ្រាយ, Chreay) are an Austronesian indigenous people and ethnic group native to Vietnam's Central Highlands (Gia Lai and Kon Tum Provinces, with smaller populations in Đắk Lắk Province), as well as in the Cambodian northeast Province of Ratanakiri.

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Jasmine rice

Jasmine rice (ข้าวหอมมะลิ) is a long-grain variety of fragrant rice (also known as aromatic rice).

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Jataka tales

The Jātaka (Sanskrit for "Birth-Related" or "Birth Stories") are a voluminous body of literature native to the Indian subcontinent which mainly concern the previous births of Gautama Buddha in both human and animal form.

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Java

Java is one of the Greater Sunda Islands in Indonesia.

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Kampong Thom city

Kampong Thom (ក្រុងកំពង់ធំ), also Krong Kampong Thom, is the capital city of Kampong Thom Province, Cambodia lying on the bank of the Steung Saen River.

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Kampot pepper

Kampot pepper (ម្រេចកំពត, mrech Kampot; poivre de Kampot) is a cultivar of black pepper (Piper nigrum) grown and produced in Cambodia.

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Kampot province

Kampot (កំពត) is a province in southwestern Cambodia.

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Kep province

Kep (ខេត្តកែប, UNGEGN: Kêb, ALA-LC: Kaep) is the smallest province (khaet) of Cambodia covering, with a population of 41,798.

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Khmer architecture

Khmer architecture (ស្ថាបត្យកម្មខ្មែរ), also known as Angkorian architecture (ស្ថាបត្យកម្មសម័យអង្គរ), is the architecture produced by the Khmers during the Angkor period of the Khmer Empire from approximately the later half of the 8th century CE to the first half of the 15th century CE.

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Khmer Empire

The Khmer Empire was a Hindu-Buddhist empire in Southeast Asia, centered around hydraulic cities in what is now northern Cambodia.

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Khmer language

Khmer (ខ្មែរ, UNGEGN) is an Austroasiatic language spoken by the Khmer people and the official and national language of Cambodia.

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Khmer Loeu

The Khmer Loeu (ជនជាតិខ្មែរលើ; "upper Khmers") is the collective name given to the various indigenous ethnic groups residing in the highlands of Cambodia.

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Khmer people

The Khmer people (ជនជាតិខ្មែរ, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) are an Austroasiatic ethnic group native to Cambodia and the Mekong Delta.

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Khmer Rouge

The Khmer Rouge (ខ្មែរក្រហម) is the name that was popularly given to members of the Communist Party of Kampuchea (CPK) and by extension to the regime through which the CPK ruled Cambodia between 1975 and 1979.

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Khmer traditional wrestling

Khmer traditional wrestling (បោកចំបាប់ - Baok Cham Bab) is a folk wrestling style from Cambodia.

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Kite

A kite is a tethered heavier-than-air or lighter-than-air craft with wing surfaces that react against the air to create lift and drag forces.

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Krama

A krama (ក្រមា /krɑmaa/) is a sturdy traditional Cambodian garment with many uses, including as a scarf, bandanna, to cover the face, for decorative purposes, and as a hammock for children.

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Kula people (Asia)

The Kula people (กุลา; កុឡា, Kŏla; also spelt Gula and Kola) are the descendants of migrants from Burma who settled in the Pailin-Chanthaburi region along the Cambodia–Thailand border during the 19th century.

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Kun Khmer

Kun Khmer (គុនខ្មែរ), or Pradal Serey (ប្រដាល់សេរី), The sport consists of stand up striking and clinch fighting, where the objective is to knock an opponent out, force a technical knockout, or win a match by points.

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Lacquerware

Lacquerware are objects decoratively covered with lacquer.

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Lao cuisine

Lao cuisine or Laotian cuisine is the national cuisine of Laos.

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Laos

Laos, officially the Lao People's Democratic Republic (LPDR), is the only landlocked country and one of the two Marxist-Leninist states in Southeast Asia.

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List of Asian cuisines

This is a list of Asian cuisines, by region.

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Longvek

Longvek or Lavek (លង្វែក, or ល្វែក) was a city in Cambodia.

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Madison (dance)

The Madison is a novelty dance that was popular in the late 1950s to mid-1960s.

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Maha Nikaya

The Mahā Nikāya (literal translation: "great order") is one of the two principal monastic orders, or fraternities, of modern Thai and Cambodian Buddhism.

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Mahayana

Mahāyāna is a term for a broad group of Buddhist traditions, texts, philosophies, and practices developed in ancient India (onwards).

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Mahori

The mahori (มโหรี), possibly from Sanskrit मनोहर (manohara, meaning "fascinating, attractive, charming, beautiful") + -ई (-ī, a feminine suffix), is a form of Thai classical ensemble traditionally played in the royal courts for the purpose of secular entertainment.

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Malays (ethnic group)

Malays (Orang Melayu, Jawi) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as the smaller islands that lie between these locations.

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Martial arts

Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defence; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preservation of a nation's intangible cultural heritage.

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Media in Cambodia is largely unregulated and includes radio, television and print media outlets.

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Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity

The Proclamation of Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity was made by the Director-General of UNESCO starting in 2001 to raise awareness of intangible cultural heritage and encourage local communities to protect them and the local people who sustain these forms of cultural expressions.

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Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (Cambodia)

The Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts (MCFA; ក្រសួងវប្បធម៌ និងវិចិត្រសិល្បៈ, UNGEGN) is the government ministry with a mandate to promote, encourage and support the fine arts of Cambodia.

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Mural

A mural is any piece of graphic artwork that is painted or applied directly to a wall, ceiling or other permanent substrate.

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Muslims

Muslims (God) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition.

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Namaste

Namaste (Devanagari: नमस्ते), sometimes called namaskār and namaskāram, is a customary Hindu manner of respectfully greeting and honouring a person or group, used at any time of day.

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Nang yai

Nang yai (หนังใหญ่) is a form of shadow play found in Thailand.

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National Museum of Cambodia

The National Museum of Cambodia (សារមន្ទីរជាតិ) is Cambodia's largest museum of cultural history and is the country's leading historical and archaeological museum.

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Pailin province

Pailin (ប៉ៃលិន) is a province in western Cambodia at the northern edge of the Cardamom Mountains near the border of Thailand.

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Pali

Pāli, also known as Pali-Magadhi, is a Middle Indo-Aryan liturgical language on the Indian subcontinent.

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Palmyra

Palmyra (Palmyrene:, romanized: Tadmor; Tadmur) is an ancient city in the eastern part of the Levant, now in the center of modern Syria.

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Phnom Penh

Phnom Penh (ភ្នំពេញ, Phnum Pénh) is the capital and most populous city of Cambodia.

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Pinpeat

The Pinpeat (ពិណពាទ្យ) is the largest Khmer traditional musical ensemble.

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Po Dharma

Po Dharma (9 October 1948 – 22 February 2019) was a Vietnamese human rights activist and Cham cultural historian.

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Post-Angkor period

The post-Angkor period of Cambodia (ប្រទេសកម្ពុជាក្រោយសម័យអង្គរ), also called the Middle Period, refers to the historical era from the early 15th century to 1863, the beginning of the French protectorate of Cambodia.

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Pottery

Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form.

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Prahok

Prahok (prâhŏk) is a salted and fermented fish paste (usually of snakeheads) used in Cambodian cuisine as a seasoning or a condiment.

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Preah Botumthera Som

Preah Botumthera Som (ព្រះបទុមត្ថេរសោម, 1852–1932) was a Cambodian writer.

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Preah Vihear Temple

Preah Vihear Temple (Khmer: ប្រាសាទព្រះវិហារ Prasat Preah Vihear) is an ancient Hindu temple built by the Khmer Empire, located on top of a cliff in the Dângrêk Mountains, in the Preah Vihear province of Cambodia.

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Protestantism

Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes justification of sinners through faith alone, the teaching that salvation comes by unmerited divine grace, the priesthood of all believers, and the Bible as the sole infallible source of authority for Christian faith and practice.

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Public holidays in Cambodia

Cambodia has numerous public holidays, including memorial holidays and religious holidays of Buddhist origin.

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Rade people

The Rhade or Êđê (Rade language: Anak Degar / Degar people) are an indigenous Austronesian ethnic group of southern Vietnam (population 398,671 in 2019).

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Ramayana

The Ramayana (translit-std), also known as Valmiki Ramayana, as traditionally attributed to Valmiki, is a smriti text (also described as a Sanskrit epic) from ancient India, one of the two important epics of Hinduism known as the Itihasas, the other being the Mahabharata.

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Reamker

Reamker (រាមកេរ្តិ៍, UNGEGN:, ALA-LC) is a Cambodian epic poem, based on the Sanskrit's Rāmāyana epic.

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Religion

Religion is a range of social-cultural systems, including designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relate humanity to supernatural, transcendental, and spiritual elements—although there is no scholarly consensus over what precisely constitutes a religion.

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Rice vermicelli

Rice vermicelli is a thin form of noodle.

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Romeas Haek District

Romeas Haek District is a district located in Svay Rieng Province, Cambodia.

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Romeo and Juliet

Romeo and Juliet is a tragedy written by William Shakespeare early in his career about the romance between two Italian youths from feuding families.

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Romvong

Romvong (រាំវង់, also romanized as Rom Vong or Roam Vong), Lamvong (Lao: ລຳວົງ -) or Ramwong (รำวง;; Tai Lue: ᩃ᪁ ᩴᩅᩫ ᩬ; Tai Khun: ᨽ᩠ᨿᨦᨴᩱ᩠ᨿᩃᩨᩢ;; လမ်းဝူင်), Rambung (رمبوڠ), lăm-vông) is a type of Southeast Asian dance where both females and males dance in a circle.

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Ros Serey Sothea

Ros Serey Sothea (រស់ សេរីសុទ្ធា/រស់ សិរីសុទ្ធា) was a Cambodian singer.

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Royal Ballet of Cambodia

The Royal Ballet of Cambodia (របាំព្រះរាជទ្រព្យ, Robam Preah Reach Trop) is a classical Khmer dance known for its intricate hand movements and elaborate costumes.

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Royal Palace of Cambodia

The Royal Palace of Cambodia (ព្រះបរមរាជវាំង) is a complex of buildings which serves as the official royal residence of the King of Cambodia.

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Rural Khmer house

Rural Khmer houses are a traditional house type of the Khmer people.

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Sampeah

Sampeah (សំពះ, sâmpeăh) is a Cambodian greeting or a way of showing respect.

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Sampot

A sampot (សំពត់ /sɑmpʊət/), a long, rectangular cloth worn around the lower body, is a traditional dress in Cambodia.

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Sarong

A sarong or a sarung is a large tube or length of fabric, often wrapped around the waist, worn in Southeast Asia, South Asia, Western Asia, Northern Africa, East Africa, West Africa, and on many Pacific islands.

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Sculpture

Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions.

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Shafi'i school

The Shafi'i school or Shafi'ism (translit) is one of the four major schools of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam.

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Shamanism

Shamanism or samanism is a religious practice that involves a practitioner (shaman or saman) interacting with the spirit world through altered states of consciousness, such as trance.

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Shirt

A shirt is a cloth garment for the upper body (from the neck to the waist).

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Siem Reap

Siem Reap (សៀមរាប, Siĕm Réab) is the second-largest city of Cambodia, as well as the capital and largest city of Siem Reap Province in northwestern Cambodia.

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Silversmith

A silversmith is a metalworker who crafts objects from silver.

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Sinn Sisamouth

Sinn Sisamouth (c. 1932 – c. 1976) was a Cambodian singer-songwriter active from the 1950s to the 1970s.

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Social dances are dances that have social functions and context.

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Soul

In many religious and philosophical traditions, the soul is the non-material essence of a person, which includes one's identity, personality, and memories, an immaterial aspect or essence of a living being that is believed to be able to survive physical death.

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Stele

A stele,From Greek στήλη, stēlē, plural στήλαι stēlai; the plural in English is sometimes stelai based on direct transliteration of the Greek, sometimes stelae or stelæ based on the inflection of Greek nouns in Latin, and sometimes anglicized to steles.) or occasionally stela (stelas or stelæ) when derived from Latin, is a stone or wooden slab, generally taller than it is wide, erected in the ancient world as a monument.

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Stir frying

Stir frying is a cooking technique in which ingredients are fried in a small amount of very hot oil while being stirred or tossed in a wok.

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Stone carving

Stone carving is an activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone.

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Sunni Islam

Sunni Islam is the largest branch of Islam, followed by 85–90% of the world's Muslims, and simultaneously the largest religious denomination in the world.

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Svay Rieng province

Svay Rieng (ស្វាយរៀង, UNGEGN) is a province (khaet) in Cambodia.

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Syncretism

Syncretism is the practice of combining different beliefs and various schools of thought.

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Taboo

A taboo, also spelled tabu, is a social group's ban, prohibition, or avoidance of something (usually an utterance or behavior) based on the group's sense that it is excessively repulsive, offensive, sacred, or allowed only for certain people.

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Textile

Textile is an umbrella term that includes various fiber-based materials, including fibers, yarns, filaments, threads, different fabric types, etc.

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Thai cuisine

Thai cuisine (อาหารไทย) is the national cuisine of Thailand.

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Thai greeting

The Thai greeting referred to as the wai (ไหว้) consists of a slight bow, with the palms pressed together in a prayer-like fashion.

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Thailand

Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand and historically known as Siam (the official name until 1939), is a country in Southeast Asia on the Indochinese Peninsula.

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Theravada

Theravāda ('School of the Elders') is the most commonly accepted name of Buddhism's oldest existing school.

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Tripiṭaka

Tipiṭaka or Tripiṭaka, meaning "Triple Basket", is the traditional term for ancient collections of Buddhist sacred scriptures.

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Trousers

Trousers (British English), slacks, or pants (American and Canadian English) are an item of clothing worn from the waist to anywhere between the knees and the ankles, covering both legs separately (rather than with cloth extending across both legs as in robes, skirts, dresses and kilts).

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Tum Teav

Tum Teav (ទុំទាវ; meaning "Tum and Teav") is a mid-19th century Cambodian romantic tragedy folk tale.

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UNESCO

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO; pronounced) is a specialized agency of the United Nations (UN) with the aim of promoting world peace and security through international cooperation in education, arts, sciences and culture.

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UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists

UNESCO established its Lists of Intangible Cultural Heritage with the aim of ensuring better protection of important intangible cultural heritages worldwide and the awareness of their significance.

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Vernacular dance

Vernacular dances are dances which have developed 'naturally' as a part of 'everyday' culture within a particular community.

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Vietnamese cuisine

Vietnamese cuisine encompasses the foods and beverages originated from Vietnam.

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Vorvong and Sorvong

Vorvong and Sorvong (រឿងព្រេងភ្នំវរវង្សសូរវង្ស) is a long tale of the Khmer sāstrā lbaeng tradition about two Khmer princes who fall into disgrace and, after a series of ordeals, regain their status.

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Wat

A wat (វត្ត,; ວັດ, vat; วัด,; 「ᩅᨯ᩠ᨰ」(waD+Dha); 「ᩅ᩠ᨯ᩶」 (w+Da2)) is a type of Buddhist and Hindu temple in Cambodia, Laos, East Shan State, Yunnan, the Southern Province of Sri Lanka, and Thailand.

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Wayang

(translit) is a traditional form of puppet theatre play originating from the Indonesian island of Java.

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Weaving

Weaving is a method of textile production in which two distinct sets of yarns or threads are interlaced at right angles to form a fabric or cloth.

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William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare (23 April 1564 – 23 April 1616) was an English playwright, poet and actor.

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References

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