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Extreme Khmer Episode 1: Surin Khmers 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 5: Cambodian Airline Pilot 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 2: Wat Phnom 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 3: Khmer Comic Artists Today 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 7: Preah Ko/Preah Kaew, Part 1 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 6: Former Students Today 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 8: Preah Ko Preah Kaew, Part 2 Extreme Khmer Episode 8: Preah Ko Preah Kaew, Part 2
Posted by: preahko

Video duration: 590 seconds

The action-packed, heart-rending conclusion of this important Khmer legend, which touches on Khmer identity, history and environmental issues.

Related: ayutthya, cambodia, history, kaew, keo, khmer, ko, preah, thailand

Extreme Khmer Episode 4: Female Moto Dup 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

Mai Charoenpura Tribute to Pumpuang 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 13: Contemporary Artists, Part 2 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 15: The Chams 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

Extreme Khmer 14: Surin Kantreum 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 9: Edible Spiders 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 11: Cambodian Microbrew 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

Extreme Khmer Episode 16a: The Kuy, the Elephant Trainers 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

2002 SEASSI Khmer Class Performance of \"Cyclo\" 2002 SEASSI Khmer Class Performance of "Cyclo"
Posted by: preahko

Video duration: 269 seconds

Every summer at the intensive language program where I teach Khmer, each language group performs a song, skit or dance for "culture night". In 2002, the Khmer Program outdid everyone: we formed a rock group and did our own version of the 1960s Khmer psychedelic classic "Cyclo"...here it is. And yes, "Extreme Khmer" fans, that's yours truly on lead guitar!

Related: 1960s, cambodia, khmer, language, music, psychedelic

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

Khmer SEASSI 2008 Culture Night Performance 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

Nang Ngam Tuu Krachok Nang Ngam Tuu Krachok
Posted by: preahko

Video duration: 232 seconds

I tried my hand at this Carabao song at SEASSI Poetry Night 2007...I hit a few clunkers on the mandolin, but hey, I had only been playing it for one week at this point...

Related: carabao, for, life, seassi, songs, thai

Interview with Chhin Taingchhea Interview with Chhin Taingchhea
Posted by: preahko

Video duration: 558 seconds

This is my full interview with Khmer mixed-media artist Chhin Taingchhea, where he describes some of his pieces at an art opening in Phnom Penh, October, 2007. See Extreme Khmer Episode 12 (coming in mid-November) for more. Also see http://saphan.info/p rojects/stievselapak /

Related: art, cambodia, installation, khmer, photography

Buddha Superstar Buddha Superstar
Posted by: preahko

Video duration: 724 seconds

Last but not least in the four-group SEASSI 2008 Beginning Khmer final oral exam performances, we have some episodes in the life of Siddhartha before he became the Buddha. This group, however, got the ingenious idea of doing something that should have been done a long time ago: changing the lyrics of the main theme song in "Jesus Christ Superstar" to refer to the Buddha!

Related: broadway, buddha, buddhism, cambodia, christ, jesus, khmer, siddhartha, superstar

Kantreum \"Arapiyaa\" by Nam Pheung Muang Surin Kantreum "Arapiyaa" by Nam Pheung Muang Surin
Posted by: preahko

Video duration: 166 seconds

This is from a live concert in Surin in August, 2007...the great traditional Kantreum singer Nam Pheung Muang Surin actually makes the usually pedestrian and stiff central Khmer favorite "Arapiyaa" ROCK!

Related: kantreum, khmer, nam, pheung, surin, thailand

Maa Pii Naok 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