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Wats and templesPlaces of religious life, gathering and community.1040 Wats

Living traditionsObservances, performing arts, games and crafts.61 traditions

Dishes and recipesFood traditions, ingredients and home cooking.37 dishes

Heritage sitesTemples, memorials and historic places.101 sites

Cultural objectsTextiles, craft and objects held in collections.23 objects

Oral historiesRecorded voices and the collections that keep them.36 recordings

Learn KhmerCourses, dictionaries and books for learning Khmer.14 resources

CambodiaProvinces, cities, towns and natural features.25 provinces

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Cook a classic

DishFish amok is a Khmer steamed fish curry made with kroeung, coconut cream and eggs and steamed in banana leaf.

Get to know a Wat

OrganizationA Theravada Buddhist temple in Dakota County, Minnesota, that calls itself the largest Cambodian Buddhist temple in the United States.

Find the dates

TraditionThe three-day Khmer solar new year usually begins on April 13 or 14.

Sampot

TraditionThe length of uncut cloth that Khmer men and women wrap around the waist as a lower garment.

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