CAMBODIA – Tribe Music, Folk Music And Popular Dances 1979 (CD2)

Cambodia: Traditional Music, Vol. 2: Tribe Music, Folk Music and Popular Dances
Various Artists FW04082

Country(s) Cambodia
Culture Group(s) Khmer; Saoch; Khmer Loeu
Keyword(s) Animals; Dance; Instrumental music; Popular music; Songs; String ensembles; Weddings; World music
Instrument(s) Capi vaen; Clarinet; Coconut shell; Dra; Drum; Fiddle; Flute; Gong; Horns; Khluy (Flute); Khse diev; Kong vong thom; Kong vong touch; Krapeu (Box zither); Lute; Oboe; Pai ar; Pei pok; Percussion instruments; Qing; Sgar araks (Drum); Snaen; Sralai (Oboe)
Language(s) Khmer
Year of Recording 1979
Record Label Folkways Records
Source Archive Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage
Credits Photography by Maurice Liebot ; Recorded by Team from University of Fine Arts, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, led by Kim Say ; Produced in collaboration with Ford Foundation ; Liner Notes by Charles Adkins ; Compiled by Chinary Ung ; Notes Edited by Chinary Ung ; Liner Notes by Chinary Ung ; Produced by Chinary Ung ; Recorded by Chinary Ung ; Design by Ronald Clyne

A citizen of Cambodia is usually identified as “Cambodian” or “Khmer,” though the latter strictly refers to ethnic Khmers. Most Cambodians are Theravada Buddhists of Khmer extraction, but the country also has a substantial number of predominantly Muslim Cham, as well as ethnic Chinese, Vietnamese and small animist hill tribes.