CAMBODI

HISTORY, FORM OF GOVERNMENTS, CULTURE AND TRADITIONS,

ECONOMY AND POLICING SYSTEM
Where is it?

It is bordered by Thailand,
Laos, and Vietnam. It is in the
INDOCHINESE
PENINSULA. And the
capital is Phnom Penh.
HISTORY OF CAMBODIA
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
KINGDOM OF ANGKOR

• First Government
• Lasted from AD 802-1431
• Powerful Empire including
Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos
• Hinduism, temple builts of stone
carved with myths and storie
• Temple of Angkor Wat
• Wat = Temple
KINGDOM OF ANGKOR

• Shift from Hinduism to Buddhism

• Thailand invaded in 1431
• Lost territories to Thailand and
Vietnam
• Capital moved to Phnom Penh
(1432)
FRENCH COLONIAL PERIOD
1863-1954

• The French arrived in 1863

• French controlled, King Norodom as a
Symbolic King
• Pros: Restoration of Angkor Wat and
offer protection from Thailand and
Vietnam
• Cons: lost freedom and being controlled
• Independence from French in 1945
• Prince Sihanouk ruled the country until
1970
KHMER ROUGE GENOCIDE

• 1940s Communist movement to oppose the

French Rule
• Better treatment for farmers
• Khmer Rouge – Red Cambodians led by Pol Pot
• 1975 Khmer Rough took over Cambodia, killed
middle or upper class- a country without class
• During 1975-1979, 1.7 millions people died
• Khmer Rouge invaded Vietnam
Pol Pot
• Cambodians fled to the Thai border in 1979
VIETNAMESE-BACKED GOVERNMENT

• 1979-1991 Vietnam controlled

Cambodia
• Rebuilt roads, hospitals, and schools
CIVIL WAR

• By people loyal to king, with business

interest, and the Khmer Rouge led
Pol Pot
• Khmer Rounge fought the
government until Pol Pot dies the
day before taken prisoner by the US
DEMOCRATIC ELECTION

• Vietnam left Cambodia in 1991

• UN helped prepare for democratic
election
• First election in 1993 (Hun Sen and
Prince Ranariddh)
• Hun Sen won election in 1998, 2003 as
Prime Minister until present
• Lots of Corruptions
CAMBODIA TODAY

• 95% Buddhism
• Cambodia New Year (April)
• Water Festival (November)
• Once one of the most powerful
countries in the world
• Among the 10 poorest nations
FORM OF GOVERNMENT
GOVERNMENT TYPE

Multiparty Democracy under a

Constitutional Monarchy

- Cambodia is set up as a multi-party

democracy under a constitutional
monarchy. The King serves as the head of
state and the Prime Minister is the head
of the Royal Government of Cambodia.
Norodom Sihamoni,1 the King, was
crowned in 2004 after the abdication of
his father Norodom Sihanouk.2 Hun Sen3
has been the Prime Minister since 1985.
GOVERNMENT NAME

“Kingdom of Cambodia”
CONSTITUTIONAL

Adopted: 1993; Constitution outlines several topics including

sovereignty, basic rights and obligations of citizens, the king and
his responsibilities as chief of State, defines policy making
process, sets economic rules, outlines the education, cultural and
social affairs, establishes liberal democracy, describes and
delegates to legislative, judiciary and executive branches
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CULTURE AND TRADITION

OF CAMBODIA

PRESENTED BY : CORESIS, ALEXA XHAMEALL

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Throughout Cambodia's long history, religion has been a major

source of cultural inspiration. Cambodian culture and belief
system from the syncreticism of indigenous animistic beliefs and
the Indian religions of Buddhism and Hinduism. Indian culture
and civilization, including its languages and arts reached
mainland Southeast Asia around the 1st century AD.
ICEBREAKER
JUMBLED
LETTERS
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RELIGION

SHDIBUDM
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RELIGION

BUDDHISM
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RELIGION

UHISMNDI
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RELIGION

HINDUISM
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RELIGION

UHISMNDI
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RELIGION

MALIS
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RELIGION

ISLAM
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RELIGION

ISLAM
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RELIGION

CRSTYAINIHNIT
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RELIGION

CHRISTIANITY
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RELIGION

CHRISTIANITY
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Traditional Food
• Cambodian traditional cuisine is all about noodles, soups, curries, and a
host of grilled and fried bits and pieces
• Amok - country's national dish
SOME TRADITIONAL DISHES

Amok ( Coconut fish Nom banh ( Khmer

curry ) pleah Sach ko ( beef salad )

Noodles)

IKUY TEAR samlar machu ( sour

CLOTHING
CLOTHING IN CAMBODIA IS ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT ASPECTS OF THE
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CULTURE. KHMER PEOPLE TRADITIONALLY WEAR A CHECKERED SCARF

CALLED A (KRAMA)
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Some Khmer men and

women wear a (Buddha
pendant) on a necklace.
SAMPOT- IS STILL WELL RECOGNIZED AMONG THE ROYALTY. SINCE THE
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UDONG PERIOD, MOST ROYALTY HAVE RETAINED THEIR DRESSING
HABITS. FEMALE ROYALTY CREATED THE MOST ATTRACTIVE FASHION.
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men and women

Traditional roles of
TRADITIONAL CAMBODIAN IV
GREETING
 Traditional Rituals
(death)
ARE PERFORMED TO HELP THE DECEASED MOVE ONTO
THE NEXT STAGE OF THE CYCLE, REBIRTH.
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TRADITIONAL DANCES THERE ARE THREE KINDS OF DANCES IN THE
COUNTRY. FOLK, SACRED, AND CLASSICAL. OF THE THREE, CLASSICAL
DANCE IS THE MOST PREVALENT IN THE COUNTRY TODAY.

ROBAM TEP APSARA (APSARA ROBAM CHOUN POR (BLESSING DANCE) ROBAM MONI MEKHALA( WHICH IS
DANCE) COUSE RAIN)
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Other Dance forms under The Royal Ballet of

Cambodia:
-Robam Neang Sovann Macha

-Robam Phlet (Fan Dance)

-Robam Tep Monorom (Dance of Heavenly Bliss)

-Robam Monosenchetna (Sentimental Dance)

 Traditional Celebration
KHMER NEW YEAR - IN THE
EARLY DAYS OF APRIL, THREE
DAYS OF CELEBRATIONS FILL THE
STREETS OF THE BIG CITIES.
(OTHER IMPORTANT FESTIVALS
INCLUDE INDEPENDENCE DAY, PCHUM
BEN, AND ROYAL PLOUGHING DAY.)