Cambodia: Do and Don’t

Welcome to Cambodia

• Kingdom Started: 1st century• Official name: Kingdom of Cambodia • Language: Khmer• People: 15.67M (2015)• Located in: Southeast Asia• Size: 181,035 km2

• Neighbor countries: Thailand, Vietnam and Laos• Economic: Agriculture • Religious: Buddhism

Content

1. Daily Activitiesa. Greetingb. In General c. At Home d. In Religious

2. Weddinga. Before wedding b. On wedding day

• Bride and Groom (Video)• Guest

Daily Activities

• Greeting

Cambodia Prime Minister and his wife showed U.S President how Cambodians greet

Daily Activities

• In General• DO

Use a title to call each other Use to 2 hands to give/get/pass thing to older people Bend your body when you walk across older people having conversation

• Don’t Interrupt people’s speech Touch people’s head Make physical touch, especially for the opposite sex Use your leg with people Sit on people’s property Yawn while people are talking

Daily Activities

• At Home• Do

Both host family and guests need to greet each other Invite all family members and guests to eat Invite older people to eat first Finish all rice from your dish Cover your mouth when you use tooth stick Guests need to say good-bye to everyone in the house

• Don’t Wear shoes in the house Walk under hanging clothes Talk loudly

Daily Activities• In Religious• DO

Wear white shirt and long skirt(female) or trouser(male) Use monk language with monk Keep pagoda quiet Put some food to pray before you eat whenever you travel to any natural

sites

• Don’t Wear hat and use umbrella in pagoda Touch monk, especially female Throw rubbish around or in pagoda Drink alcohol and play game(card) Say something bad in natural site

Reference• tourismcambodia.org• http://worldpopulationreview.com/countries/cambodia-popul

ation/

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cambodia