"I wish to thank you for your interests and your efforts in helping our Khmer Literacy Project in Surin. The death of the Khmer language in Surin is a tragedy for all of us that can be compared to a separation between three brothers, ie: Kampuchea Kandal (Cambodia), Kampuchea Krom and Khmer Surin.
What will our ancestors think of us if we do not preserve (our identity), even though we are weaker than our neighbours? I cannot sit idle and do nothing while our language is dying. I do not want to organise a funeral for the death of our language. We are currently organising a "prosperity ceremony" for our language. Even though we have shrunk, but don't forget that we still have our ancient temples that we can show to our children how strong our civilisation was in the past. How clever were our ancestors? This is our pride to be born as Khmers." Chey Mongkol To read full text, click below: Chey Mongkol: I cannot sit idle when the Khmer language in Surin is dying<http://khmerization.blogspot.com/2009/02/chey-mongkol-i-cannot-sit-idle-when.html> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ The articles and commentaries on this forum reflect only the personal opinion(s) of the poster(s) and not that of any organization or group with which the moderator(s) is (are) affiliated. A forwarded message or event may be posted for informational/educational purposes. Unless specifically stated, no endorsement of the posted opinions/events should be implied. You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Angkorian Society" - <http://groups.google.com.au/group/angkoriansociety> -<www.geocities.com/angkorian_society> Keep away from bad deeds, Do good, and Purify the Mind ...This is the teaching of the Buddha..... To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] To subscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
