Ethnography Project: Cambodian Culture “A person without the knowledge of their past history‚ origin‚ and culture is like a tree without roots.” Marcus Garvey. What do you think of when you hear the word Cambodia? Do you think of the dirty water? The cows? The hard working rice pickers? The poverty? What does being Cambodian mean to you? To me‚ it means a lot. If I never knew that I am Cambodian‚ things would be a whole lot different. There’s a certain way in which we speak‚ believe
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George Orwell depicts a society failing to create the true communist ideals in order to address the topic of corruption. This allegorical novel can be compared to Cambodia’s politically corrupt communist party‚ the Khmer rouge. Although existing generations apart‚ Orwell’s work and the Khmer Rouge both send the message that society often fails to bring ideals into reality. The corruption of the pigs shows that the imperfection of modern society doesn’t allow for communism to employ its real intentions
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the Khmer Rouge use techniques of brain washing‚ food ration in order to be loyal to pol pot. Also In First They Killed My Father Loung and her family were invaded by the Khmer Rouge‚ who lied about the United States bombing Phonm Penh. Loung and her family had to leave to go to different villages and they stayed for a while but then they went to the camp. When they arrived to the camp they had to forget there old lives and obey Pol Pot laws. Furthermore the author demonstrates how the Khmer Rouge
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the horizontal eyebrows that stretch the length of the forehead. Additionally‚ the lips do not seem to be sensual as well as the earlobes are extended the length of the neck of the piece itself. Buddhism is deeply involved in the history of the Khmer people. The religions beginning in Cambodia dates to 100 A.D. with its arrival coming from India. According to Hein: One of the most important social implications of Buddhism is that individuals are responsible for their own suffering and its remediation
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violent ways. Political‚ cultural and social regions were all factors that allowed the genocide to escalate. Under the Khmer Rouge‚ Angkar became the symbol of new order. This genocide would not have been able to take place in Cambodia if their cultural background was more peaceful. Pol Pot was able to take the ideas of Maoism‚ Modernism and Buddhism to form the basis of the Khmer Rouge ideology. Genocide was not embedded in the Cambodian culture‚ but the idea of disproportionate revenge was engrained
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located near the present-day town of Ba Phnom in Prey Veng Province. The earliest historical reference to Funan is a Chinese description of a mission that visited the country in the 3rd century. The name Funan is largely believed to derive from the old khmer word ’Phnom’ meaning mountain. The Funanese were likely of Austroasiatic origin. What the Funanese called themselves‚ however‚ is not known. During this early period in Funan’s history‚ the population was probably concentrated in villages along the
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victims were children. Children in the genocide had a rough childhood because they didn’t get to play and learn‚ they were always facing death‚ and some of them were forced to be child soldiers. The Cambodian Genocide came to be when Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge‚ the asian equivalent of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi‚ decided that the citizens of Cambodia were becoming too advanced. Cambodia had been in a golden age while under the direction of the
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they were supporting Vietnam with supplies. Khmer Rouge took this to their advantage by recruiting and gaining followers. The Khmer Rouge persecuted many who had educations‚ monks‚ and the rich (United to end Genocide). with Khmer Rouge taking over the government. The Prince of Cambodia at this time had sided with the Khmer Rouge. This giving them a lot of power since the leader of Cambodia was out of the country. Soon after the Pol Pot the leader of Khmer Rouge had total control over Cambodia. His
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anti-communism allies to suppress the Party of Khmer Rouge. About 18% to 54% of Vietnam War veterans suffered from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. The Vietnam War (aka. the Second Indochina War or the American War) began on 1 November 1955 in Cold War-era proxy war that occurred in Vietnam‚ Laos‚ and the Cambodia. This war was fought between North Vietnam supported by the United States and other anti-communism allies to suppress the Party of Khmer Rouge. Khmer Rouge party for orchestrating the Cambodia
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was Wai Cheng who is a Chinese diplomat. At the time of the simulation‚ China and Cambodia were close allies as both regimes were communist. Cheng is well acquainted with most of the Khmer Rouge‚ however‚ does not defend Pol Pot and his actions during the time of his reign. My overall goal is to ensure that the Khmer Rouge is not made as the scapegoat. Therefore the pressing issue I will seek to negotiate is accountability; who should be prosecuted and how? Cheng also believes that this is a matter
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