Monday, January 18, 2010

UPG

Khmer or Central Khmer makes up the 90% of Cambodia's total population and are found in western and central portions of Cambodia..

Khmer, an eastern Mon-Khmer language, is Cambodia's national language..

Unfortunately, bombing, civil war, and war with the vietnamese affected the once thriving agricultural economy of Cambodia..

Today some Khmer still live in small villages and grow in irrigated paddies.

During the Khmer Rogue, more men died than women..which leads to a skewed sex ratio..Today women are required to perfom duties that once we're done by men. Khmer women dress in colorful skirts to add life in the unhappy environment. Checkered cloths of red and white are used to make everything..from headdresses to pouches for carrying babies.

Buddhist rules of conduct maintain social control in the villages. These buddhist rules forbid lying, stealing, drinking alcoholic, committing adultery, and killing living creatures. Some example of traditional culture can be seen in the folk dances, the classical royal ballets, and traditional Khmer musics.

Khmer's are influenced by India..that's where they adopted the Hinduism and Buddhism( ancestor and spirit worships, Nirvana)..

Krung, Krayet, Lun, and Laveh..
In short they are the Brao's

who are the Brao?


they are found in northeast Cambodia..
have dark skin and black hair..
generally short in stature..
they are the one of those several tribes living in isolated villages in Ratanikiri and Attapeu( province of northeastern Cambodia and southeastern of Laos)...

Things to know about them:
their language is a member of a Mon-Khmer language family..Older Brao wear traditional dress..
their earlobes are stretched from wearing elephant tusk earrings in the past.they
they also have tatoos in their faces as a fashion statement..
the younger brao's, wear western clothes...
Brao's depends heavily on the forest for their livelihood and usually grow rice. They also grow cashew and coffee but these provides limited income...
Hunting, fishing, and raising animals provide protein in their diet.
Women are often seen walking the red dirt road with baskets full of their crops.


Maybe they are new to us,,or maybe they are not..


But one thing is for sure...
they are Human beings like us..

who has their own culture..

who is proud of where they come from..

and is proud from what they are made of..

C'mon!

Let's reach the unreached!
Community today..World tommorow..

^____________^

signing off,

JOJO

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