Culture

Video: Cambodian Buddhist Monks find religious sanctuary in Philadelphia

Video: Cambodian Buddhist Monks find religious sanctuary in Philadelphia

Danh Tol is a Cambodian Buddhist monk from Vietnam living and practicing out of the Soryarangsky (“rising sun”) Buddhist temple in the Olney section of Philadelphia. He practices Theravada Buddhism, the most popular religion in Cambodia, Thailand, and Sri Lanka, and has been a monk since 1996. Theravada Buddhism in its present state could not exist without the relationship between […]

History of Srah Ku (or Srah Doun Om) in Preah Tro Pang Province

History of Srah Ku (or Srah Doun Om) in Preah Tro Pang Province

In Preah Trea pang province, there is a famous ancient Khmer-Krom site, Srah Ku (or Ku Srah Srey).  It is located in Ta Ku village, Sombour (Nguyet Hoa) commune, Kampong Thom (Chau Thanh) district, Preah Treapang (Tra Vinh) province, approximately 7km from the Kampong (Tra Vinh) city.   The site consist a small-sized lake, surrounded by large century-old “teal” trees.  Due […]

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Monks Preserve Traditional Khmer Culture And Promote Literacy

In Vietnam’s Mekong Delta, Monks Preserve Traditional Khmer Culture And Promote Literacy

By Micheal Huff Once, very far away and very long ago, a powerful king from the West met a wise monk from the East. To test the monk’s wisdom, the king posed many difficult questions: Why do good people sometimes suffer while evil people sometimes prosper? How can we know what truth is? How can there be rebirth without an […]

The Culture of the Khmer-Krom

The Culture of the Khmer-Krom

By The KKF Research Team (Extracted from the same name of the culture document in  “The Khmer-Krom Journey to Self-Determination” book) The Khmer-Krom People The term “Khmer-Krom” denotes the ethnic Khmer in Kampuchea-Krom. The term “Khmer-Krom” is used to differentiate from the Khmer (Cambodian) who live in Cambodia. Physically, the Khmer-Krom people look exactly the same as the Khmer in […]