Cambodia : the majestic splendour of Angkor Wat

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mardi 09 août 2005 [n° 298]

Sanctuary: The Temples of AngkorCredit : Steve Mc Curry‘s magnificent photograph of Angkor Vat (Siem Reap) 1 in Cambodia.

Pathya Vat : cambodian verse form 2

Khnhomm saum bangkum
champuoh Preah Puth
trung kung khpuoh phott
leu trai loka
Neam Preah Kodamm
baramm sasda
chambang leu moha
neak prach taing lay

Translation

I salute
the Lord Buddha 3
who resides the highest
of the tri-world.
The name is Preah Kodamm
the Supreme
who is greater than
all sages.

“Cambodian poems are written to be read aloud, but are more often recited. As recitation could perhaps be considered the most ancient form of utterance which transmits, for instance, the famous epic of Ream Ker (Ramayana) is executed in many different styles. They are kmeng vatt (temple boy), piporanea (description), tumnuonh (grief), smaut (reciting), kamhoeung (anger), chbapp (traditional code), ka-ek lot (crow hops), and ka-ek baul (crow calls), etc. In fact, the beauty of Cambodian poetry lies not only in the writing styles–internal and end-rhymes and various stylistic meters–but also in the rich reciting styles, which provide the final touches to evoke the soul of Cambodian poetry”.

Cambodian classical music

“Classical Khmer music is often divided into three categories: pin peat, the ceremonial music of the former royal courts; phleng kar, the songs of the wedding ceremony; and mahori, secular entertainment music, also originating in the royal courts, that is played by a string-based ensemble. The term mahori is shared with Thai music, and the instrumentation is often identical, although the songs are not”.

Music in Cambodian Religious Context with Dr. Sam-Ang Sam in Cambodian arts beginning

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The “discovery” of Cambodia

French missionary Father Charles-Emile Bouillevaux (1823-1913) was the “first tourist” to Angkor. He travelled to the ruins of Angkor in December 1850, and his descriptions were published in France in 1857 (Siem Reap travel guide). He was followed by French naturalist Henri Mouhot in november 1859.

History of Angkor Wat and Siem Reap Cambodia

La découverte d’Angkor

Les ” découvreurs ” d’Angkor

Angkor : la cité perdue des Rois Khmers

Chronologie de l’histoire du Cambodge

Angkor : la forêt de pierres par Bruno DAGENS

Literature

The Reamker (the Khmer version of the Ramayana) site du Lycée Français René Descartes de Phnom Penh

Le Reamker (le Ramayana khmer ) : “Le Reamker ou Ramaker est la version khmérisée du Ramayana indien de Valmiki dont il s’inspire. (histoire originelle) Il daterait du début du second millénaire et se trouve raconté, entre autres, dans les frises d’Angkor Vat. Bien que très proche du Ramayana, le Reamker revêt des caractéristiques que l’on ne retrouve qu’en Thaïlande et au Cambodge”.

Cambodian Folktales

Poetry

The Khmer voice The Cambodian Literary Connection also known as Khmer Voice In Poetry (KVIP)

Poems – in Khmer : Yim Guechsh – PDF format

The Angkor Wat Poems (In chronological order) by Jan Haag

Influence of Cambodian poetry on Thai poetry : Text from: Thomas J. Hudak (1990) The Indigenization of Pali Meters in Thai Poetry Monographs in International Studies. Southeast Asia Series No. 87. Athens: Ohio University

Bibliography

Music

Traditional Mahori Music of Cambodia

Phoumea Tak Lolok (mahori)

Angkor Khmer Music Khmer : The Lost Empire of Cambodia (Discoveries Series) by Thierry Zephir

Danse

Cambodian classical danse

Le Ballet Royal par Hang Thun Hak, Recteur de l’Université royale des Beaux-Arts. Janvier 1968

Le ballet Khmer

Origine et histoire du Ballet Royal khmer

Danse : the spirit of Cambodia

Buddhism

Listening Buddha’s Teachings in English

Dharma talks at Buddha Net-audio


  1. Angkor Vat : Une légende profondément, ancrée dans l’esprit des Khmers, évoque ainsi la naissance d’Angkor : Pisnouka, issu des amours d’une danseuse céleste et d’un humain, fut envoyé au ciel pour apprendre les beaux-arts. Indra, roi des dieux, voulant un faire un cadeau à son fils qui régnait sur le Cambodge, lui fit visiter ses palais célestes afin qu’il choisisse son futur palais. Le fils, par modestie, choisit les écuries (ou les étables) d’Indra. Indra chargea Pisnouka de les reconstruire sur la terre : ce fut Angkor Vat. Puis le roi demanda à cet architecte formé par les dieux d’en construire beaucoup d’autres . Ainsi naquirent les temples d’Angkor. (source : insecula [back]
  2. In the pathya vat meter, the end-syllable 8 of the third line must rhyme with end-syllable 8 of the second line. When having more than one stanza, the end-syllable 16 of the second line of the new stanza must rhyme with the end-syllable 16 of the fourth line of the previous stanza (source : Music in Cambodian Religious Context [back]
  3. Cambodian View in the World View : the vision of Khmer scholars through Buddhism [back]
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