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Extreme Khmer Episode 18: Dawng Kaer Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 489 seconds In this episode, we visit a spirit shrine on the riverfront in Phnom Penh with an unusual name and mysterious history. Related: animism, buddhism, cambodia, ghost, khmer, penh, phnom, spirit, vietnamese |
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Khmer SEASSI 2008 Culture Night Performance Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 342 seconds This brilliant video and live performance combo cooked up by 2008 SEASSI Khmer students weaves the true heroic tale of the legendary 2004 Khmer SEASSI volleyball team (when we had a 6-1 record) into the tragic events of 2008, when we were 0-7. Now we know why. Related: betel, cambodia, dance, education, evolution, khmer, language, ogre, seassi, thriller, volleyball, wisconsin |
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Khmer Condom Use PSA Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 210 seconds This was the final project of my Advanced Khmer class at UC-Berkeley for fall semester 2008. Basically, it's a series of Public Service Announcements promoting condom use in a modern Cambodian context. In addition to the video, the students had to produce a Khmer flyer/pamphlet on the same topic as the video. Related: aids, announcement, berkeley, cal, cambodia, condom, disco, education, gender, health, hiv, khmer, peasant, penh, phnom, public, roles, service, uc |
![Sophat 2008: \"The Godson\" Part 2](http://img.youtube.com/vi/3tnuAXBEF1w/2.jpg "Sophat 2008: \\"The Godson\\" Part 2") |
Sophat 2008: "The Godson" Part 2 Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 554 seconds Here's the thrilling conclusion of the 2008 SEASSI Intermediate Khmer class' interpretation of the novel Sophat as a gangster drama. If you didn't watch Part 1 already, go back and do that first! Related: cambodia, godfather, khmer, kin, novel, poetry, rim, sophat, theater |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 1: Surin Khmers Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 374 seconds Each month our crack team of wacky reporters takes you into the heart of Khmer culture on the highways and byways of Southeast Asia. Extreme Khmer is a video podcast done entirely in Khmer and intended for students who have completed at least one year of university-level Khmer study. Related: asia, cambodia, education, foreign, khmer, language, southeast, surin, thailand |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 10: Studying Khmer in Surin Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 588 seconds In this episode, the first of many exploring the Khmers of Surin in present-day Thailand, we visit a school started by a Sisaket Khmer man who teaches Khmer reading and writing. Write to khmersurin@gmail.com for more info. You can also use that address to donate to his school on PayPal. A little bit goes a long way! Related: cambodia, culture, heritage, khmer, language, literacy, surin, thailand |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 15: The Chams Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 585 seconds This month we take a snapshot of two different kind of Cham (Khmer Islam) groups in Cambodia. Related: cambodia, cham, champa, islam, khmer, muslim, oudong, penh, phnom |
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Extreme Khmer 14: Surin Kantreum Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 593 seconds We return to the land of the "Northern Khmer" to interview the legendary Kantreum singer Nam Pheung Muang Surin. Be sure to check out the full-length live versions of several of the songs featured in this episode, both on YouTube and in the "Ephemera" section of studykhmer.com Related: cambodia, kantreum, khmer, music, surin, thailand |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 6: Former Students Today Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 471 seconds Interviews with three of my former students from SEASSI 2002, about how they're using their Khmer language skills in Cambodia today Related: cambodia, education, khmer, language, seassi |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 16a: The Kuy, the Elephant Trainers Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 483 seconds Finally, Season Three of Extreme Khmer is here! According to our tradition, we begin in Surin, where we interview an 80-year-old Kuy man about his experiences trapping and training elephants in Cambodia and Thailand. Check out the extras to this episode on studykhmer.com, plus watch a higher-quality version of the video. Related: cambodia, elephant, jaa, khmer, kuy, suay, thailand, tony |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 2: Wat Phnom Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 348 seconds Each month our crack team of wacky reporters takes you into the heart of Khmer culture on the highways and byways of Southeast Asia. Extreme Khmer is a video podcast done entirely in Khmer and intended for students who have completed at least one year of university-level Khmer study. http://www.studyk hmer.com Related: asia, cambodia, education, foreign, khmer, language, southeast, thailand |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 3: Khmer Comic Artists Today Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 573 seconds Interviews with artists who work for an organization which promotes comics in Cambodia, plus a comic artist from the 1980s. Related: cambodia, comics, khmer, language |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 9: Edible Spiders Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 477 seconds The title says it all! By the way, if you like the music behind the closing credits for this episode, by Khmer rapper A-Ping, check out http://www.boeungkap lhaok.com/ This is the last Extreme Khmer episode before we go on vacation for three months. Thanks everyone for watching; see you in September for more fun-filled adventures! Related: cambodia, edible, food, khmer, skuon, spiders, tarantulas |
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Mai Charoenpura Tribute to Pumpuang Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 419 seconds This video and song are from Mai's fourth album of Pumpuang Duangchan songs. Besides being a nice cover of the luk thung classic "Nak Rong Baan Nok," the video is a tribute to Pumpuang's early rise to fame...a little heavy on the sentimental side but all-in-all nicely done. Related: charoenpura, duangchan, luk, mai, pumpuang, thailand, tung |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 11: Cambodian Microbrew Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 537 seconds Microbreweries are common in the US and elsewhere, but in this episode we take you on a tour of the absolute first one in Cambodia, Man Han Lou restaurant in Phnom Penh. Just to keep things interesting, the brewmeister is Chinese and speaks no Khmer, but never fear, we've got that covered... Related: beer, cambodia, chinese, culture, khmer, language, microbrew, penh, phnom |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 4: Female Moto Dup Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 392 seconds Interview with the only woman motorcycle taxi driver in Phnom Penh (that we know of!). Related: asia, cambodia, khmer, language, motorcyle, taxi |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 7: Preah Ko/Preah Kaew, Part 1 Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 546 seconds The first of a special two-part episode on an important Khmer legend. Hear the tale discussed by a Khmer scholar and told by a fortune teller, and see movie clips and doll stop-animation versions of key scenes. Stay tuned next month for the thrilling conclusion!! Related: cambodia, folk, history, khmer, legend, lovek, preahkaew, preahko, tale, thailand |
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Axe Tuk Prahok Khmer TV Commercial Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 107 seconds The second of two "Khmer TV commercials" designed and acted by students in my fall, 2008 UC-Berkeley Intermediate Khmer language class. Related: advertisement, axe, berkeley, body, cal, cambodia, commercial, deodorant, education, khmer, prahok, spray, television, tv, uc |
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Samlaw Kaw Khaw Commercial Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 105 seconds This is a Khmer "TV commercial" written and performed by members of my 2008 fall semester Intermediate Khmer class at UC-Berkeley. Related: advertisement, alphabet, berkeley, cal, cambodia, commercial, education, khmer, literacy, public, soup, speaking, television, tv, uc |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 5: Cambodian Airline Pilot Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 445 seconds An interview with a Cambodian pilot who files for Bangkok Airways (and trains Thai pilots!), and the story of a 1996 air crash in Phnom Penh, with a video of the sole survivor from Thai television. Related: airline, airways, bangkok, cambodia, crash, khmer, language, pilot, thailand |
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Extreme Khmer Episode 13: Contemporary Artists, Part 2 Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 577 seconds The conclusion of our two-part series on young artists in Cambodia today. We learn a little about the history of modern art in Cambodia, and check out a graffiti workshop with women's art group Selapak Neary. See http://saphan.info for more. Related: art, cambodia, graffiti, khmer, penh, phnom |
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Maa Pii Naok Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 226 seconds This is a classic Sin Sisamouth pop song from the 60s/70s, expertly performed with kazoo accompaniment by the 2008 SEASSI Khmer class at "Poetry Night". Related: 1960s, 1970s, cambodia, khmer, pop, sisamouth, spoonerism |
![A \"First Nations\" Legend in Khmer](http://img.youtube.com/vi/yHzkW2WXpuo/2.jpg "A \\"First Nations\\" Legend in Khmer") |
A "First Nations" Legend in Khmer Posted by: preahko
Video duration: 468 seconds Continuing our inventory of the astounding creativity and genre-hopping skills of the SEASSI 2008 Beginning Khmer class (these folks have been studying Khmer for just 2 months, folks), here we have another group's final oral exam performance. Related: cambodia, canada, first, indigenous, khmer, legend, myth, nations |
