Khmer New Year in Cambodia Khmer New Year‚ or ‘Bon Chol Chhnam Thmei’ in the Khmer language‚ is the greatest traditional festival and national holiday in Cambodia‚ and the celebration last for three days. Khmer New year starts on April the 13th‚ 14th or 15th depending on the ancient horoscope “Maha Sangkran”‚ 2012 it starts on the 13 of April. The majority of the Cambodians are still farmers and Khmer New Year marks the end of the harvest season when farmers enjoy the fruits of their labor and
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“KHMER ROUGE” were the followers of the communist party of Kampuchea in Cambodia. It was formed in 1968 as a result of the Vietnam People’s Army from North Vietnam. The Khmer Rouge was expanding more and more and at one point of time it controlled the entire country. USA began training the troops in South Vietnam. The general to Prince Norodom Silhanouk‚ Nixon‚ started bombing B-52 at South Vietnam. Seeing the Lon Nol‚ American general ended monarchy and established Khmer Republic in Cambodia. But
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Skills 202 Department of English 2013-2014 FINAL DRAFT BENEFITS OF KHMER TRADITIONAL TREATMENT When you injure or sick‚ which remedy do you usually turn to? While the majority of people in Cambodia nowadays trusts modern medicine‚ some people still keep using Khmer traditional medicines to treat their diseases or wounds. With the small‚ black and ugly appearance of these medicines‚ people tend to overlook their curing potencies. Khmer traditional medicine is a form of naturopathy that consists of various
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The Cambodian Killing Fields occurred from 1975-1978 and under Khmer Rouge’s rule‚ hundreds of thousands of Cambodians died from execution‚ forced labor‚ disease‚ and starvation. The Khmer revolution is known as one of the most destructive genocide in history. The revolution reversed class order‚ destroyed all markets‚ banned private property and money. The Killing Fields is not only historical for what it accomplished but for what it destroyed. Although this tragedy happened over a generation ago
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From 1975 to 1979‚ Pol Pot and the Khmer Rouge carried out a genocide in Cambodia killing all people who seemed to oppose them and their communist government (“The Cambodian Genocide”). Before genocide had a name‚ Raphael Lemkin‚ a Polish-Jewish jurist was trying to get protection
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When the people in the outside world were living the life of their dreams‚ the Cambodians were left all alone with their broken hearts that’s been shattered into pieces. It was the time period between 1975 and 1979‚ when the Khmer Rouge organized the mission to “reconstruct Cambodia on the communist model of Mao’s China.” (Peace Pledge Union) Many intellectuals and educated people at the time were eliminated‚ along with their extended family and their affiliates. According to The Angry Skies‚
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and the leader of the Cambodian communist movement called the Khmer Rouge. He was also the Prime Minister of Democratic Kampuchea from 1975-1979. Pol Pot’s totalitarian regime brought severe hardships on Cambodia‚ killing at least 1.5- 3 million people. This is at least one-fifth of the Cambodian population. Pol Pot brought a reign of horror with devastating effects to the people of Cambodia as a ruthless dictator for 4 years. The Khmer Rouge and Pol Pot had made a significant effect on history‚ by
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INTRODUCTION In the years of 1975 to 1979‚ Pol Pot became the head of the most murderous revolution of our time. His communist regime with the Khmer Rouge created one of the largest‚ yet greatly under-looked atrocities of the time. The genocide in his Democratic Kampuchea has created a death toll that could be as high as 3‚000‚000 people‚ or 25% of the country’s population. (Chandler‚ 1999; Cambodia Genocide) In an attempt to refashion his country‚ "people were simply sacrificed to our struggle
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Majority rule is the principle that the greater number should exercise greater power. The Khmer Rouge takeover in Cambodia is a good example of a majority rule government. During the Cambodian genocide‚ the Khmer Rouge and their notorious leader‚ Pol Pot‚ represented the majority after it defeated the Lol Non government. The question is how are they considered to be the majority when most of the population of Cambodia is against them? They used fear to make the people their followers and thus controlled
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support for the Khmer Rouge. With the economic support‚ the Khmer Rouge was able to afford to continue their reign over Cambodia. The United States also aided in the destruction of the Cambodia that existed before Pol Pot by bombing and killing up to 150‚000 Cambodian citizens in support of this regime (The Original Cambodian‚ 1993). This accounts for ten percent of the total death toll that resulted in this ruling. Along with the U.S.‚ China also expressed support for the Khmer Rouge. They allied
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