Cambodia's Cham: "Between Modernity and Tradition" (Documentary by Germain Priour) 

Are you Malaysian?

If u are hindu why ur name is Michael ???☹️☹️☹️ it's a Christian name

@@snehamoydutta182 you don't have to have a hindu name to be hindu

@@mikhailgorbachev7851 very true.

Vietnam was under China influence because of the proximity, especially Kinh who are mixed of Indigenous Vietnamese and Chinese.

@Hieu Nguyen Pre-Chinese influenced Vietnamese were basically Khmer. Modern Vietnamese (especially the Kinh) are mixed.

Sorry I am happy to be a Muslim

​@@shamimhussain4532you're Bangladesh not Cham

What do you mean?

@@adamstv4025 The World can’t even find The Kingdom of Champa on the Map anymore, but to keep the knowledge of your Ancestors and still continue on their Legacy is something Great!

True Mon kingdom does not exist anymore either, but the Mon people still practice their religion, language and culture in Myanmar and Thailand.

Champassak, Laos is it related to the Cham people; did the Cham people exist in Laos?

@@jsmoov2156 I believe they mainly lived in South Vietnam. Laos has a variety of ethnic groups though.

Salam, I'm Champa people from Viet Nam.

ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NFQjR-um8CY.html

Try Kampong Chnnang and Kampong Cham, also Pursat Province.

@@evangelinemercado7511 thanks! Kampong Chhnang is where I've found some examples, none in Pursat yet but a good chance they're there and perhaps Battambang, too. Do you know of any samples in Kampong Cham, current or historical? My sense has been Sunni forms of Islam and use of Jawi has been pretty complete and total (hoping that's not 100% true).

Kampong Chhnang is your best bet particularly in Srey Prey and Chankiek village near Sala Lek Pram. This area is primarily Cham Imam San and they have maintained the largest use of kak khak script. Otherwise the script can be found on old Cham homes and sang magik (mosques) spread throughout Kratie, Kampong Cham, and Kampong Chhnang. Usually the script is found on the outside of the house above the entryway. Jawi is more commonly used but some houses pre-1950 have kak khak

@@Mobobo1832 Thanks! I had definitely found O'Russey (along with the other two close by that you mentioned) and then many other villages following the southern side of the Tonlé Sap up through Pursat and Battambang - I keep seeing the KIS village(s) in Kratie mentioned in papers but haven't seen any photos or mention of which ones they are. I knew some of the oldest Kak Khak texts came from Kampong Cham but this comment is the first evidence I've heard about that there's still traces of it at least above doorways - in fact I didn't know about the home doorways, only on mosques, that's amazing that some of the houses with kak khak were preserved. Do you have any photos of this? Any particular villages I can check out on Google Maps? Really appreciate this new info.

@@joshoakley4856 Hi Josh - regarding Kratie, I heard most (maybe all) of the Cham there are Cham Biruw now so they do not follow the Imam San way. I imagine however that there may be some homes/mosques with kak khak if they are old enough. I tried to find the one house I saw with kak khak in Krouch Chhmar on Google maps but I was unable to. The house I saw was near Svay Khleang. You might also find evidence of Kak Khak in old Cham cemeteries and in family heirlooms. This is likely going to be more prevalent in Vietnam in An Giang and Tay Ninh (the Cham here are like the Cham in Cambodia and therefore also use Kak Khak). I have heard from some families that they used to have old Cham swords and decorative boxes with kak khak inscribed on them. Are you specifically interested in kak khak alone? There are also manuscripts now written in Jawi but were originally in kak khak - many of these are stories still told among Cham in the KIS community as well as Cham in Phan Rang

Cambodian

“Khmer” to be precise

The narrator is speaking Khmer but Piseth is speaking Cham

Yeah, the music (melody of drums and the bamboo instrument ) somehow quite similar tu Kedahan Mek Mulung theatre

Kelantan has a long history of having Chams lived there since ancient times. I believe the Kelantan Kings has Cham ancestry

@Evan Amata Why do you identify yourself as Khmer-American if you are ethnically 100% Khmer then? Same should apply as Chams

Thank you. But yes, we do consider ourselves still ethnically Cham. My parents are Cham from Cambodia. And we do just say that we are originally from Cambodia but never call ourselves Khmer.

@@Aswajar u should keep that those people don't know the difference between Cham and Muslim . I hope u take care ur laugauge and writing .

@@kdamprae4236 Majority of Cham people are Muslims

If a religion is truly spiritual it wouldn't divide.

Leave them alone, please, and show tolerance and respect for the beliefs of others.

I have tons of family who speak cham in battambang and phnom Penh

@@jadej51 I am in Vietnam now. Thanks for the message though.

@@jadej51 What about you? Do you speak Cham? Where do you live if you don't mind me asking?

@BigSirZebras Unfortunately I was never taught how to speak Cham, I am in the USA. My mom does know how to speak Cham. I always wonder about the cham language though, it seems like it's a mixture of Malay or some sort. I have family in Cambodia that travel back and forth often to Malay.

@@jadej51 Cham is very closely related to Malay. Something like Spanish and Italian. It is more distantly related to most of the languages in the Philippines and even to the languages of New Zealand, Hawaii and Madagascar. If that sounds interesting you can look up "Austronesian Languages" on wikipedia.

They are Muslim not Hindu.

@@cnachopchopnewsagency They are Hindus, get your history correct.

​@@cnachopchopnewsagencystill they didn't forgot their ancestral hindu roots.. Their practices depicts same..

​@@cnachopchopnewsagency also side by you have Vietnam where cham hindis still resides.. So you should be aware of that too..

And how Vietnam conquered Champa? Because Vietnamese kings were incel extremists

@PrincesseDuCambodge R u muslim?

The best thing for you to do is to show tolerance and respect for the beliefs of others, please.

There are some that try to practice Islam the right way. But I think some still have a long way to go. If they want to change at all. May Allah guide us.

It’s okay, they synthesis Islam with their culture and old religion when they converted to Islam. It’s okay in a sense if they follow the 5 pillars of Islam correctly and don’t do shirk

@@Aswajar it’s okay bro. Different cultures practices Islam in different ways. The main thing is the fundamentals are followed correctly. Don’t let anyone tell you that you guys aren’t Muslims. You guys are awesome, keep it up 🙌

Macam lah kau yang terpaling islam kak . Masuk syurga sorang2

Orang tu berubah perlahan-lahan. Macamlah negeri Melayu pun tak pernah amalkan kebudayaan lama. Malaysia pun berubah jadi macam Arab selepas tahun 1970an. Sikap judgemental orang Melayu di Malaysia sekarang ni pun hasil dari proses politik parti UMNO-PAS yang nak tunjukkan siapa yang terpaling Islam dalam tempoh 23 tahun ni.

Hindus Buddhists pity for u people who misguided themselves and chose destruction 😎

@@amit9023destruction has been caused by all regardless of religion

@PrincesseDuCambodge Yes its different country but our history are same we and cham are one brother like indonesian There is a malay in indonesian,singapore,brunei,myanmar and thailand also so probably they are malay in vietnam or cambodia yes they gained it from.india but still the first one they are austronesian mix with austrosiatic ( mon - khmer) the sea sailor ! are you khmer? in Malay we also use Dekat Jalan Kampong we also use Angka* not just that we also share name like nik,wan,che they have with malay if you look up at they history they is kingdom called funan that also controlled half of malay land - and this is their youtube channel ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-mX1J-fQ14ig.html Malay - Cham Heritage

Not all Cham people are like what they show. I guess I’m very sheltered. My parents and all relatives are Cham from Cambodia. Even though both my parents village have a long way to go in terms of fully practicing Islam correctly, they do follow more than the ones shown in the video.

all south east asia was austro asiatic land in the past. malays came from taiwan and took the land of the orang asli whom speak a language related to khmer