#Khmer | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

snakedice · 3 months

Text

free Palestine, but remember something

young chinese cambodian , says something important. If there is a true ceasefire, and the genocide against the gazan people ends, dont do that white people advocacy thing, and instantly stop paying attention to palestine. Rehabilitate please! After a genocide, the economy, education, the landscape is changed for so much worse. Notice how they bomb things like hospitals, schools, and universities? its to make recovering from this harder for gaza. Its happened before for people who've suffered from genocide, for once dont let it happen again. I hope that soon, gaza can escape literal hell, brought by israel

#free gaza #free palestine #khmer #teochew #gaza #genocide #rehabilitation

8K notes · View notes

folkfashion · 6 days

Text

Khmer woman, Cambodia, by Jonas Fjellstedt

#khmer #cambodia #asia #southeast asia #folk clothing #traditional clothing #traditional fashion #cultural clothing

168 notes · View notes

ecoamerica · 19 days

Text

youtube

Watch the American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 now: https://youtu.be/bWiW4Rp8vF0?feature=shared

The American Climate Leadership Awards 2024 broadcast recording is now available on ecoAmerica's YouTube channel for viewers to be inspired by active climate leaders. Watch to find out which finalist received the $50,000 grand prize! Hosted by Vanessa Hauc and featuring Bill McKibben and Katharine Hayhoe!

4K notes · View notes

memories-of-ancients · 6 days

Text

Gold and amethyst ring, Khmer (Cambodia), 11th-12th century AD

from Sotheby's

#history #antiquities #art #jewelry #jewellery #khmer

183 notes · View notes

vintagehomecollection · 7 months

Text

A Khmer stone sculpture and a Ming Dynasty painting adorn the upstairs Master Bedroom. The room also functions as a comfortable study.

Contemporary Apartments (The Worlds of Architectural Digest), 1982

#vintage #vintage interior #1980s #80s #interior design #home decor #bedroom #study #library #custom #bookcase #Khmer #Ming Dynasty #artwork #antique #contemporary #style #home #architecture

203 notes · View notes

artifacts-archive · 1 month

Text

Guardian Lion

Cambodia or Thailand, 11th–early 12th century

Guardian lions flanked the main approaches to the sanctuary of most Khmer temples and were also placed along the stairways and on terraces. The lion, representing royalty, strength, and courage, was the personal symbol of the Khmer kings, who were believed to be gods as well. Therefore, the lion as guardian of the sacred precinct suggested the ability to ward off evil through both divine and royal protection.

#artifact #Cambodia #Thailand #Khmer #sculpture

88 notes · View notes

hcnnibal · 2 months

Note

(i'm absolutely obsessed with the significance of names in communication so bear wth me) can you explain what your understanding of the significance of names is in cambodian culture? why is it weird to call someone by their real name 👁️👁️👁️

generally, in spoken khmer, how you refer to someone depends on your relation to them. so like my parents call me កូន(child), my husband calls me អូន (idk if there’s a direct translation, but like maybe the equivalence of sweetheart, but its not a pet name, its just like… how you address someone you’re fond of, you can refer to a younger sibling like this, or even like a stranger who looks younger than you), etc

even with people youre not close to, you generally refer to them as aunty, uncle, big brother, little brother, etc depending on perceived age or the level of politeness ur going for

so like, using someone’s government name is just kinda like. overly formal and cold and weird ahahaha even when we use names we generally use nicknames

#asks #khmer #this is mostly a motherland thing #but ive noticed even with cambodian americans its a little weird to not use a nickname

48 notes · View notes

treasure-of-the-ancients · 1 year

Text

Gold ring with carnelian, Khmer (Cambodia), 12th century AD

from Artemis Gallery

#history #antiquities #art #jewelry #jewellery #khmer #khmer art

327 notes · View notes

jay-wasreblogging · 5 months

Text

Henry Kissinger has died!!

#196 #r196 #r/196 #:3 #me and who #ruleposting #as a cambodian and a child of Khmer Rouge survivors. i hope this death brings even just the littlest of peace to all victims and survivors!#henry kissinger #khmer #Khmer rouge

64 notes · View notes

kiragecko · 1 year

Text

Hey, guys! Want to vote on the best 6th-10th Century script (writing system) that I, Gecko, personally like?

Of course you do! Writing systems are SO COOL!

And here's a bit about each of the contenders:

Arabic (Naskh Script)

Derived from the Aramaic Script, which grew out of Phoenician, Arabic has a variety of forms. The Naskh script is the one I find the most beautiful, with it's extreme variation on character length and height. I also love the use of multiples colours for Ḥarakāt (vowel marks and other diacritics). Add in the elegant curves and solid lines, and Naskh Script becomes one of the most stylish scripts around.

Latin (Insular Script)

Derived from Greek, the Latin alphabet is usually a competent and pleasant mix of lines and curves, uprights and descenders. Insular script plays with these qualities, and the result is electric! many of the uprights (t, d, f) are gone. New descenders are added (r, s, f). Horizontal lines take a new prominence. Line weight is increased, and the curves become more angular. Something old to us becomes new again.

Chinese (Semi-Cursive Script)

There are many ways to write Hanzi (Chinese characters), and Semi-Cursive Script manages to combine the best qualities of most of them! The expressive curves and flow of a cursive script. The solid shapes and readability of Regular Script. One of the joys of Hanzi is the visual interest of so many unique characters; which share components, but use them differently. Semi-Cursive keeps much of that interest, while also providing a dynamic energy and movement.

Sogdian (Cursive Script)

Derived from the Syriac script, which grew out of the Aramaic Script, the Sogdian Alphabet was developed by traders who met most of the major cultures of the Old World, and let all of those cultures affect their language and writing. Sogdian can be written write to left, like most Aramaic scripts, but also top to bottom, like the Chinese Scripts of their main trade partner. Curvy cursive lines, and characters of wildly varying length, give this script a interesting sense of flow.

Hebrew (Ktav Ashuri Script with Palestinian Vocalization)

Another offshoot of the (Imperial) Aramaic Script, the Hebrew Alphabet has a really interesting, heavy, square, solid feel. In contrast, Palestinian Voicing (an extinct form of writing vowels where all of them were above the consonants) is really light, stacked on top their vowels in little floaty towers. It's a cool combination!

Maya (Classical Maya Script)

The most famous script of the Americas, Maya has one of the most unique reading orders of any script. Characters are written in blocks, which are then read in a zigzag (right, and then down-left) pattern. Full of heads (both animal and human), torches, seeds, and other half-identifiable shapes, Maya texts are works of art, and the more you study them, the more beautiful they become.

Nubian (Old Nubian Script)

Derived from Greek with additional letters from Coptic (Egyptian) and Meroitic (a previous Nubian culture). Lines above letters are used to skip parts of words deemed unnecessary. The mixture of rectangles and triangles, heavy and light line weights - it reminds me of telegrams, or early typewriter text. I love it!

Khmer (Angkorian Khmer Script)

Derived from the Pallava Script, which derived from the Brahmi Script, Khmer is probably my favourite script to write. The curves feel so good! The spirals so pleasing! You write consonant clusters by writing little letters below the main one! A joy to create, and a joy to look at.

Japanese (Cursive Script)

See these wiggles? They're Chinese characters. Elegant, looking like poetry no matter what they're saying, Cursive Japanese is art. It's also ridiculous. 3 different characters, each with multiple strokes, indicated by wiggling the brush as you draw a line! Most cursive scripts are like this, but the contrast between the square solidness of Regular Script and the flow of Cursive is one of the more extreme. What a delight!

Sanskrit (Siddham Script)

I had SO MANY options for Sanskrit (Brahmi) Scripts, you guys. SO MANY! But in north-west India, during the period I study, this version of Siddham is the prettiest. Look at the curves! Those aren't just decorative, each curvy line that goes above or below the text is a vowel. Consonant clusters are shown by combining the characters together in one spot. The lines at the top haven't yet started connecting, like they do in modern Devanagari, but there's already a sense of it's existence. Such a cool script!