How about you guys? Are you 100% Khmer? Prove it Swear it? I am 60% Khmer but live in Khmer Land, Khmer Community and I think it'd even better than those who are more than 51% Khmer but live oversea
KN Neak Kampuchea wrote: > Hello, Soriya!.. Good to see you again. > > Hello Soriya. > > First, we need to make Khmer extremists understand what is the > difference between Cambodian and Khmer. I think, Khmer culture is > deeply making them have > confusion while reading, writing and even speaking to each other. This > is the main cause of the end of Khmer Empire, after the conversion > from Hindu to Buddhism in which fake belief for personal profits had > been evoluting with no rule rather then for social interest. And that > nasty development is enduring until today. > > Please pay attenton to word "Cambodian" they say is the same with > Khmer. And for us we know by heart that all inhabitants in Cambodia > are Cambodian without discriminating origin of birth. Khmer is now an > ethnic name called anywhere. Exemple Khmer Surin in thailand, Khmer > Krom ind South Vietname. > > See you again Soriya. > > > On Sep 11, 3:35 am, Soriya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Mekong River, >> >> I believe Krom Ngoy was also a Sino-Khmer. >> >> Thinking about the patriotism of the mixed-raced Cambodians, among the >> millions of examples one often comes to my mind. Around 1972, in Phnom >> Penh, a male university student, about 20 years old, who was probably >> 25% Khmer & 75% Chinese, committed suicide to protest against the >> corruption of the Lon Nol regime. In his suicide note, he begged Lon >> Nol, In Tam, etc, to fight against corruption, because he feared >> corruption might lead to defeat in the war against the Khmer Rouge. >> Sadly, his fear was right. >> >> Soriya >> >> On Sep 6, 7:58 pm, "Mekong River" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >> >> >>> The best of the sino-khmer was Ta Mok ( Ung Chhoeun). >>> >>> On Sat, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:00 PM, Soriya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> >>>> The inter-racial marriage between the Khmers & the Chinese or the >>>> Vietnamese is an evolution of the Cambodian nation. This >>>> evolution isn't new. It's believed to have started at least about 150 >>>> years ago. A study by a Western scholar in the 1970s revealed that in >>>> South-East Asia, Cambodia has the highest rate of inter-racial >>>> marriage between the aboriginals (in this case the Khmers) & the >>>> Chinese or the Vietnamese. >>>> >>>> This evolution is good for Cambodia. The resulting mixed-raced Khmer- >>>> plus-Chinese-or-Vietnamese-or-all-3 Cambodians are >>>> intelligent, and, more importantly, very patriotic. They've been the >>>> majority of the Cambodian population for about 75 years now. >>>> For proof, just look at the music & movie stars before 1975 & after >>>> 1979. Virtually all of the mixed-raced Cambodians can speak only >>>> Khmer (&, for some, French &/or English), not Chinese or Vietnamese. >>>> >>>> Virtually all the pure Khmers in Cambodia including the Khmer rice >>>> farmers wholeheartedly accept the mixed-raced Cambodians, & are even >>>> proud of them. There are even affectionate Khmer expressions that >>>> refer to the mixed-raced Cambodians: they're "koun chao chen" & "koun >>>> katt". >>>> >>>> The mixed-raced Cambodians, the Khmers, the Chinese, the Vietnamese, & >>>> even the Chams live together in harmony in Cambodia, even though to a >>>> little lesser degree for the Chams due to the difference of religions. >>>> Oh do I miss my birthplace Kampong Luong, 32 km north of Phnom Penh, >>>> on the bank of the Tonle Sap River, all 5 ethnic groups living there. >>>> >>>> The only people who're not happy with the fact that there are non- >>>> Khmer Cambodians, including even the mixed-raced Cambodians, >>>> living in Cambodia are the Khmers who were born abroard including >>>> Kampuchea Krom in Vietnam, or got to overseas when they were >>>> very young, live abroard, & have never lived for an enough time period >>>> in Cambodia. They don't know the social makeup & dynamics of the >>>> Cambodian society in Cambodia. >>>> >>>> These people should at least avoid confrontation with the mixed-raced >>>> Cambodians, who're the majority of Cambodians, in Cambodia or abroad >>>> except Kampuchea Krom. They should be smart enough to realize that no >>>> one can prohibit a Khmer from marrying a Chinese or a Vietnamese. Or, >>>> of course, a Cham!! >>>> >>>> In case you don't know, Hun Sen's maternal grandfather was a Chinese. >>>> Several years ago China even declared that Hun Sen is ok for them >>>> because his maternal grandfather was a Chinese!! >>>> >>>> Even if your skin is dark, you can never be 100% sure that you're 100% >>>> Khmer. Eg, a story in Toronto. I know a Cambodian family >>>> here. The father is dark-skinned. So of course he thought he was a >>>> 100% Khmer. One day he learned that one of his great-grandfathers was >>>> a Chinese. He was so excited that he >>>> called everyone in his extended family all around the world to tell >>>> them the "good" news!! He even did so when I visited him at his >>>> home (that's why I began to know!!). And he also told everyone of his >>>> friends & acquaintances in Toronto, including me, about his >>>> "good" news!! >>>> >>>> Soriya >>>> >>> -- >>> MR, >>> >>> Khlean + Khlao + Khlach = Khmer- Hide quoted text - >>> >>> - Show quoted text -- Hide quoted text - >>> >> - Show quoted text - >> > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Cambodia Discussion (CAMDISC) - www.cambodia.org" group. This is an unmoderated forum. Please refrain from using foul language. Thank you for your understanding. Peace among us and in Cambodia. 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