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Kompong Cham is Cambodia’s third largest city and a notable rubber port. Kompong Cham means 'Port of the Chams' in Khmer. Kompong means port, harbor, or bay. Cham refers to the ethnic Cham people living in the province.
Kompong Cham is Cambodia’s third largest city and a notable rubber port. Kompong Cham means 'Port of the Chams' in Khmer. Kompong means port, harbor, or bay. Cham refers to the ethnic Cham people living in the province.
The <i>krama</i>, more than any other item of clothing of everyday use, is quintessentially Cambodian. No other country in Southeast Asia uses this scarf-like head-wrapping, and it’s arguably a sign of Cambodia’s ancient links with Indian, the land of turbans par excellence.<br/><br/><i>Krama</i>, which are made from cotton or silk, are most commonly found in red-and-white or blue-and-white check, and they have a considerable variety of uses.<br/><br/> Phnom Penh lies on the western side of the Mekong River at the point where it is joined by the Sap River and divides into the Bassac River, making a meet place of four great waterways known in Cambodian as Chatomuk or 'Four Faces'. It has been central to Cambodian life since soon after the abandonment of Angkor in the mid-14th century and has been the capital since 1866.
Watermelon (<i>Citrullus lanatus</i> (Thunb.), family Cucurbitaceae) is thought to have originated in southern Africa, where it is found growing wild. It reaches maximum genetic diversity there, with sweet, bland and bitter forms.<br/><br/> Evidence of its cultivation in the Nile Valley was found from the second millennium BCE. Watermelon seeds have been found at Twelfth Dynasty sites and in the tomb of Pharaoh Tutankhamun. Watermelon is also mentioned in the Bible as a food eaten by the ancient Israelites while they were in bondage in Egypt.<br/><br/> By the 10th century, watermelons were being cultivated in China, which is today the world's single largest watermelon producer. By the 13th century, Moorish invaders had introduced the fruit to Europe.
The krama, more than any other item of clothing of everyday use, is quintessentially Cambodian. No other country in Southeast Asia uses this scarf-like head-wrapping, and it’s arguably a sign of Cambodia’s ancient links with Indian, the land of turbans par excellence. Krama, which are made from cotton or silk, are most commonly found in red-and-white or blue-and-white check, and they have a considerable variety of uses.<br/><br/> Just about every province of Cambodia produces krama in its own, distinctive patterns. Kompong Cham produces large silk krama in shades of burgundy, maroon, crimson, indigo and emerald. Some are said to resemble Scottish tartans, others are stripey in effect. Quality varies immensely, from the simple, coarse cotton chequered scarf used by the poorest peasants, to elegant, finely-woven silk krama with gold-fibre edgings.<br/><br/> The colours of the cheaper, cotton krama are usually duller, coming in shades of ochre, ginger, and chocolate brown which are generally produced using natural dies. The colours of the more expensive silk krama are often much brighter, today utilising chemical dies which allow a wider range of hue. Such variations in colour took on a distinctly menacing tone under the Khmer Rouge, when special blue-coloured krama were issued to inhabitants of the eastern zone contiguous with Vietnam. These unfortunates were considered by the paranoid Khmer Rouge leadership to have ‘Vietnamese minds in Cambodian bodies’, and the wearing of one of the special blue krama marked the possessor for eventual execution.