Cambodia has a lot of traditional and international festivals. At those times of celebration the nation share common understanding of values and traditions; even in the times of hardship people try harder to make these times special. All the traditional festivals are influenced by the concepts of religions and royal cultures. Among those plenty of holidays I will choose only the three most important celebrations to describe. Firstly‚ Water festival takes place in October or the beginning of November
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Mass graves overflowing with bodies. Bodies which have been mutilated and burned lay on the ground. Carelessly thrown everywhere as if they are not even human. This was the sight in war torn Cambodia. The Khmer Rouge controlled Cambodia and terrorized the people. They killed people who were educated‚ from a certain ethnic group‚ from a certain region‚ opposed the Khmer Rouge or just wore glasses. People were taken to facilities used for killing and torture and were never seen again. People were forced
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http://kienforcefidele.wordpress.com/2008/10/04/superstition/ Superstition in Cambodia For a very long time ago‚ the advance of technology and science were at very low rate‚ unlikely from nowadays. So‚ people started to believe in superstition. They have believed in things that are unseen and unknown – even up to now‚ although some people have turned their aspects on the science and modern technologies. On my point of view‚ I can’t say that I don’t believe in superstition at all‚ nor can I say
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Developing Country- Cambodia In between Thailand‚ Laos and Vietnam sits the country of Cambodia. Their early history is unrecorded but most Cambodians consider themselves descendants of the Angkor Empire that stretched most of Southeast Asia. Under constrain threats to invade by Thailand and Vietnam‚ the king of France placed Cambodia under France’s protection in 1963. This only lasted until 1953 when they gained full independence from France after the occupation of the Japanese during World
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When people hear the word genocide‚ the first thing that comes to their mind is probably The Holocaust; unfortunately there are many more genocides that not many people know about. The Holocaust was a tragic genocide in which six million Jews were murdered by Adolf Hitler and his Nazi soldiers‚ and for what reason? Sadly there is no valid reason other than the fact that they were just Jewish and Hitler didn’t like that. Genocide is when a large group of people are murdered because of their beliefs
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Tenzin Cultural genocide in Tibet compared to the Holocaust The Holocaust has many tragedies and losses‚ it is considered the biggest genocide in history. The cultural genocide in Tibet also had many losses and was one of the worst in history. The cultural genocide in Tibet consisted mainly of torturing their victims to death‚ whereas in the Holocaust they were killed quick many at a time. The cultural genocide of Tibet started when the Chinese declared that Tibet should be part of
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1. Introduction 1.1 What was the Holocaust? The word Holocaust means the destruction or slaughter on a mass scale‚ especially caused by fire or nuclear war. This was an accurate use of the term because The Holocaust was a systematic destruction and extermination of Jews and other lesser people on a mass scale. Hitler’s Genocide only reached European countries before he was stopped‚ however if he had been allowed to continue on his war path he would have wiped out entire cultures with no remorse
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present in Cambodia at this time were drastically changed. Over a million people were forced to relocate out of Phenom Penh and were placed in labor camps located far from their original homes. Likewise‚ millions of people were murdered to give rise to Pol Pot’s standard for the nationalization of the country. Prominent figures that gained massive followings were considered a threat to the society Pol Pot was attempting to create. Strict control was taken over the people of Cambodia as forms of
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One and a half to three MILLION people died in the Cambodian genocide. Genocide is the extermination of an entire race or group of people‚ or trying to completely wipe them out. That means there is murdering of the people‚ causing serious physical or mental harm‚ inflicting on group conditions to cause it’s destruction‚ terminate births within the group‚ or transferring people from the group to another group. In a genocide the most disgusting things are done‚ people are tortured‚ raped‚ worked to
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