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The Soul Of Khmer Music
An intrinsic part of the Cambodian music scene, Khmer music dates back to the era of the Khmer Empire. Although, Cambodia is home to other music, Khmer music has always been an essential component of the Khmer culture. Khmer music attained its bloom during the Angkorskaya period. No religious, temple celebration or a wedding is [...]
Sin Sisamuth – The influential Cambodian singer and song writer in the late 1950’s
Sin Sisamuth was considered the “King of Khmer Music” back in the 1950’s through 1970’s. Sin Sisamuth was most popular for combining the Khmer traditional music with rhythm, blues, and rock and roll. This made the traditional music more modern, but still traditionally enough for the Khmer culture. His rise to fame Sin Sisamuth was [...]
Khmer Wedding
In every culture weddings are important and a big step in two individuals lives, but in the Khmer culture it is even more of a celebration and there are long drawn out rituals that have been a tradition in the Khmer culture since the beginning, over one thousand years ago. The wedding ceremony takes three [...]
