Hello Sam ung! You think that I hate Khmer is wrong because you did not understand my text. I said all inhabants of Cambodia are Cambodian in which there are Khmer +Chinese+Viet+Champ+High land tribe person etc. Because in English term Khmer is ethnic as there are also Khmer in Thailand, in Vietnam. So Country's persons of Cambodia are Kampuchun and Khmer is only part of its.
On Jun 1, 11:13 pm, Koeun Sam Ung <[email protected]> wrote: > I like that too, Cheuk Khmao, but Neak Kam-pooch-tea hate us the Khmer. He > may likes Xmer much more than us. And Koogaran insult us all the time, too.. > > KSU > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 6:52 PM, Perom Uch > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > Dear Lauk Kru Gaffar: > > > I would like to thank you for sharing such an important expression about > > our > > Khmer folk tales. Although the society has set a certain standard for us > > all to > > follow, however most important keys to a healthy living is to keeping > > conversation > > simple and stay positive. Here are some of my healthy habits that I had > > shared with my > > friends and families. > > > Praying for someone > > Forgiving everyone > > Rejoicing in the midst of the storm > > Uplifting a friend > > Encouraging a sister, a brother > > Respecting everyone > > Repenting daily > > Volunteering to help someone > > Loving yourself and others > > > Thank you with my warmest regards, > > > //Perom > > > On Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 1:23 PM, PuppyXpress <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > >> From: Gaffar Peang-Meth <[email protected]> > >> Date: Tue, Jun 1, 2010 at 11:11 AM > >> Subject: Folk tales fostered Khmer revolt > >> To: > > >> *PACIFIC DAILY NEWS > >> * June 2, 2010 > > >> *Folk tales fostered Khmer revolt > >> * > >> By A. Gaffar Peang-Meth > > >> My columns on culturally embedded behaviors common among the Khmers have > >> led some readers to react spontaneously to comments they see as an attack. > > >> But a considered analysis is distinct from an attack, which many have > >> appreciated. A Western reader thinks I have dealt with an aspect relevant > >> to > >> the situation in which Cambodia finds herself. And so I will expand a bit > >> on > >> the same topic today. > > >> Once a regionally powerful empire, the Khmer Empire of Angkor collapsed in > >> 1434, its royal capital sacked in 1431 by neighboring Ayudhya to the West. > >> Khmer kings moved the capital between Chaktomuk (the "Four Faces" in Phnom > >> Penh) and Longvek, aka Lovek, and Oudong until 1866, when King Norodom > >> moved > >> his royal court back to Chaktomuk. > > >> When the French colonialists arrived in 1882, Khmer elitist conservatives > >> already produced poems, advice and codes of behavior, teaching respect for > >> customs, traditions, the establishment and authority. > > >> Years of teaching thus molded ways of thought and a culture that rewards > >> unconditional respect, obedience, loyalty and embedded acceptance of > >> leader-follower, superior-inferior, patron-client relationships. > > >> Unlike the French revolutionaries, who turned radical and brought down the > >> French traditions and institutions, the Khmer revolt took the form of > >> amusing folk tales -- revolutionary, as they belittle wealthy aristocrats, > >> palace officials, the king, the Buddhist monks; and popular, as they appeal > >> to the sentiments and touch the hearts of the people, then and now. > > >> In the folk stories, two insolent boys, A Chey and A Lev, from poor > >> families, ride roughshod over the old world, represented by elitist codes > >> of > >> behavior called "Chbab Kram," or "Codes of Civility"; "Chbab Srey," or > >> "Codes of Conduct for Women"; and "Chbab Koeng Kantrai," that makes the > >> king > >> the final and supreme judge. The boys are abetted by "Sophea Tunsay," the > >> "Wise Rabbit," wicked, cunning, deceptive, witty and tricky, who acts as > >> judge. > > >> A Chey's antics were more sophisticated than A Lev's. A Lev and Sophea > >> Tunsay had no scruples about how to attain an end, using wiles and street > >> smarts. Here are some excerpts from the tales. > > >> To gain revenge against a wealthy aristocrat, the Sethi, whom A Chey > >> thought had duped him to choose a flat-bottomed, large basket over a deep, > >> smaller basket containing more pulverized rice grains, A Chey begged his > >> mother to borrow money from the Sethi and offer him as the Sethi's servant. > >> Armed with Buddhist-instilled demeanor -- respectful, acquiescent and > >> responsive -- A Chey shamed the Sethi at every turn and nearly bankrupted > >> him, materially and mentally. > > >> To the instruction to talk softly, A Chey moved his lips, making > >> incomprehensible sounds when he alerting the Sethi his house caught fire; > >> he > >> made a fortune betting with palace officials that he could order the king > >> to > >> do what he wanted: He begged the king to turn his head just a little and > >> the > >> king did. A Chey bet that the king's order forbidding him from entering the > >> palace would be reversed: He insulted the Head Buddhist Monk entering the > >> palace and the Monk, furious, petitioned the king, who ordered A Chey be > >> brought into the palace for questioning. > > >> The unethical A Lev found customs and traditions of no value and sought > >> all means to justify the ends. He wanted a wife, so he kidnapped one. He > >> told her a marriage proposal takes long, may or may not be accepted, which > >> is a waste of time. Elope now, have a traditional wedding later! > > >> In love with an aristocrat's daughter, he concocted an elaborate scheme > >> through lies and deception until the aristocrat gave his daughter as A > >> Lev's > >> wife. > > >> A Lev desecrated Buddhism. He corrupted a monk by instilling sexual desire > >> into the monk and told a neighbor he can find him a woman for a fee. A Lev > >> then arranged for the monk and the neighbor, each with their heads covered > >> with a cloth, to meet on a dark night, then blackmailed the monk for money. > > >> The rabbit? He played dead in the path of an old woman carrying a basket > >> of bananas on her head. Thinking it was her luck to have a rabbit for > >> dinner, she picked him up and tossed him into the basket. The rabbit ate > >> his > >> fill and jumped off. > > >> A judge rabbit? A crocodile crawled on a path from a dried-up lake, > >> looking for a new place with water. He begged an old man driving an ox-cart > >> to transport him. Afraid of falling off, he asked the man to tie him to the > >> cart. Reaching a lake with water, the crocodile, who hadn't eaten for days, > >> demanded the man's ox as the price for tying him too tightly, causing him > >> pain. Frightened, the old man proposed to find a judge, for he had done no > >> harm to the crocodile. > > >> Bananas in hand, the old man went crying, looking for a judge. A rabbit > >> saw the bananas, a conversation ensued and the rabbit agreed to act as > >> judge. > > >> Back at the ox-cart, where the crocodile was waiting, the rabbit asked the > >> man and the crocodile to re-enact the scene. After the old man tied the > >> crocodile to the cart and the crocodile could no longer move, judge rabbit > >> told the man to hack up the ungrateful crocodile for food. > > >> Today's Khmer customs view a rabbit as deceptive, tricky and > >> untrustworthy, and a crocodile as ungrateful. > > >> So, the Khmer elitist literature teaches codes of behavior, respect, > >> obedience and loyalty; the popular folk tales tell the opposite. A > >> dichotomy > >> of personalities emerges: Respectful, obedient, loyal as society requires, > >> while A Chey, A Lev and Sophea Tunsay hunker down and wait to surface. > > >> *A. Gaffar Peang-Meth, Ph.D., is retired from the University of Guam, > >> where he taught political science for 13 years. Write him at ** > >> [email protected]* <[email protected]> > > >>http://www.guampdn.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/201006020300/OPINIO... > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) -www.cambodia.org" group. > >> This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. > >> Thank you for your understanding. 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