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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. August 5, 2015. For its first three or four years the child is surrounded by indulgence and immediate fulfilment, but the world becomes harsher with the birth of each younger sibling. The transition from infancy to childhood is not sudden, however, but a gradual increase in responsibility and socialisation. During this time also the father gradually turns into remote and authoritarian figure. Decorated with scales and ...

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Samsara: love and marriage. August 11, 2015. In the late 19th century an anonymous French army surgeon spent a few months in Cambodia investigating the sex lives of the inhabitants. His freedom of movement was hampered by war in the countryside, but nevertheless he managed to fit in a great deal of highly relevant observation. From a Khmer wedding that took place in California. The curtain was drawn aside revealing the...

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Samsara: love and marriage. August 11, 2015. In the late 19th century an anonymous French army surgeon spent a few months in Cambodia investigating the sex lives of the inhabitants. His freedom of movement was hampered by war in the countryside, but nevertheless he managed to fit in a great deal of highly relevant observation. From a Khmer wedding that took place in California. The curtain was drawn aside revealing the...

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Buddha and Naga | Philip J Coggan

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Category Archives: Buddha and Naga. Portraits of ancient Khmer kings. August 9, 2016. Faces representing nearly 700 years of ancient Khmer history (6th-14th centuries AD). Six hundred years of Khmer kings disguised as gods. All were done during the lifetime of the king. They represent the king as. Portrait Statues of the Ancient Cambodian (Khmer) Devaraja or Divine Kings. The tek-tek and the tiger. March 21, 2016.

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. November 30, 2015. 8220;Rean dam-kal teat” (phonetic spelling), “shelf to raise up the ashes”, or the ashes shrine. I’ve seen this in villages before (never in cities), but in the village of Kampong Phnom in Kandal province, where I went to a wedding last week, every house had one. Traditionally, one of the things that happen at weddings is that the ancestors (the. The architecture of the shrine is a little unclear to ...

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Samsara: love and marriage. August 11, 2015. In the late 19th century an anonymous French army surgeon spent a few months in Cambodia investigating the sex lives of the inhabitants. His freedom of movement was hampered by war in the countryside, but nevertheless he managed to fit in a great deal of highly relevant observation. From a Khmer wedding that took place in California. The curtain was drawn aside revealing the...

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pre-marital sex | Philip J Coggan

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Tag Archives: pre-marital sex. Samsara: love and marriage. August 11, 2015. In the late 19th century an anonymous French army surgeon spent a few months in Cambodia investigating the sex lives of the inhabitants. His freedom of movement was hampered by war in the countryside, but nevertheless he managed to fit in a great deal of highly relevant observation. From a Khmer wedding that took place in California. The curtai...

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Phnom Penh’s real-life private eye. May 17, 2016. Phnom Penh night: “down these mean streets” ( photo by artist Chris Coles. Yes folks, there’s a real-life private investigator in Phnom Penh. The name is Phnom Penh Investigations, they have an office on street 110, and their Facebook page is fascinating (:. The client was advised that it was an obvious “419 scam” and to cease all communications with him/them. Further i...

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Tag Archives: Neang Neak. Ancestral voices: the Leper King. September 15, 2015. Sdach Kamlong the Leper King – the statue from the Terrace of the Leper King at Angkor, now in the central courtyard of the National Museum in Phnom Penh. From cathyandgarytravelpages.com, which has some very nice photos from the museum (click on the image for the link). Faces of the Bayon temple, Angkor. The central tower contains a sh...

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Cambodia: books … people … places. Skip to primary content. Skip to secondary content. Tag Archives: Preah Thong. Ancestral voices: The Naga King. September 11, 2015. The following is from Spirit Worlds, my forthcoming book about Cambodian religion and belief. Part of that system of beliefs is the national myths that give meaning to being Khmer). Preah Thong (right) and the naga princess, Cambodian classical dance-drama. The marriage of human prince and naga princess sounds fanciful, but the Chinese trav...