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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.
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
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Transports
of coconuts
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A policeman in his
hammock at a crossroads
SKON
and its spiders...
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.
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.
Motorcycles
Trailers !
A
very popular means of transport in every Cambodia,
"Motorcycles Trailers", motorcycle transport
in common. Up to 20 persons take place on the
trailer !
Vat
Nokor temple (XIth century)
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.
The
barber outdoors in the yard of the temple
Forests
of Heveas (rubber)
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.
Palm
trees with sugar
Some
huge jars for the drinking water in front of every
house and a place to cook.
The
roads
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...
Traditional
Medicine in Cambodia, Suction cups
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
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