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It is above all in
the villages in the campaign that one discovers deep Cambodia.
85 % of Cambodians live in the campaign and for the greater part,
their life depend of agriculture, but they often live in a the
poverty. Many cultivates rice, but these cultures are suspended
on the annual importance of monsoons coming from the western
South. Insufficient rains can cause very bad harvests and all
the problems of survival which result from this for the families.
We invite you has to do a walk which leads us to Kompong Cham,
a city at 120 km from Phnom Penh at the edge of Mekong.
Kompong Cham, (third city of
the country) is a peaceful town with colonial past, and with
a temple from the 11th century. A recently ended bridge steps
over Mekong, it will be on the huge road which will join Thailand
to Vietnam by crossing all Cambodia. |
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Work in ricefields. The rice is
the most important farming of the villagers and the basic food. |
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Fisherman with a bow in a river |
Transports of coconuts |
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a policeman in his hammock at a
crossroads... |
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A culinary speciality very particular
to Skon, at some Kompong Cham's kilometres. As soon as you stop
off on the highly-rated of the central market, some women arrive
at top speed by carrying trays of cooked spiders, very appreciate
by Cambodians. This place is very famous because it is the only
region where it's possible to find these ground's spiders. Many
Cambodians which pass by Skon buy it as candy. |
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At some kilometres inside
lands, all the families of the region look for these black spiders,
which live in ground in the jungle and dig small dens. The grand-father
of the family (see below) survived at a famine by eating only
spiders. |
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A very popular means of transport
in every Cambodia, "Motorcycles Trailers", motorcycle
transport in common. Up to 20 persons take place on the trailer
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Vat Nokor temple (XIth century) |
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In Kompong Cham's entrance, a temple
of the 11th century, inside which a pagoda was built recently
by using the old sculptures of the temple. It is surrounded with
a multitude of small sanctuaries and near to an important monastery. |
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The barber outdoors in the yard
of the temple |
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Forests
of Heveas (rubber) |
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Huge forests of Heveas near to Pouk,
of which they harvest the rubber which is partially transformed
on the spot before being sent in Vietnam or in Thailand. Some
trees were planted in 1920 (French contribution). These forests
are huge and very well maintained. |
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scale (left photo) to climb
on the palm tree and harvest the sugar of a variety of particular
palm trees in Cambodia. |
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Some
huge jars for the drinking water in front of every house and
a place to cook. |
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Many main roads are in ground,
a lot of dust... but it is often the best means of transport
in the campaign or from a city to another one... |
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Traditional Medicine
in Cambodia, Suction cups |
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You will often meet in
the cities or in the campaign, people who carry marks dark, round,
approximately 4 cm in diameter, on the face, in the back or on
the chest. They are people who had recourse to ancestral medicine,
the installation of the suction cups.! this medicine is very
often practised
(see marks on the photography) |
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