Happy May Day

Khmer lesson

This is your first Khmer language speaking lesson, okay?Let's pretend you have a nice Khmer girl friend.



You say, as I have here:
"suhs day. Neak srey sok sap baie, chea te? khnyum srolanh srok khmae"(Hello. How are you (to a lady or girl). I love cambodia!S
ee how easy that was.

Buddhist Stupa Tributes Khieu Ponnary

A Buddhist Stupa has been built at Wat Svay Pope for Khieu Ponnary , the the late ex-wife of Pol Pot. The stupa was built by Ieng Sary and Ieng Thirith.
This may seem strange, but Ponnary and Pol got married in a Buddhist ceremony and the Communist Party of Kampuchea actually took a lot from that religions since it was nearly the only local theoretical influence Kampuchea had at the time.
A stupa (from Sanskrit and Pāli, literally meaning "heap") is a mound-like structure containing Buddhist relics--typically, the remains of a Buddha or saint.

Model of a stupa