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Mr. Khloem Dina and Mr. Chum Net

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71. Mr. Khloem Dina and Mr. Chum Net
CollectionBophana Center Archive
Recording typeInterview
NarratorKhloem Dina; Chum Net
Duration47'04
SubjectsHistory & Remembrance; Religion & Spiritual Life; Work & Livelihoods

A recorded account by Khloem Dina and Chum Net of life before and during the Khmer Rouge regime, running 47 minutes and 4 seconds and published by the Bophana Center Archive. (Bophana item record)

Description

Chum Net lives in Pursat province, studied at elementary level during the Sangkum Reastr Niyum, later became a monk and studied at Puth Rangsey pagoda, and left the monkhood before the Khmer Rouge arrived. Under the regime he was forced to plough and tend cattle, his siblings were killed, he did not live with his parents, and he was later evacuated to Boeng Sdok, where he worked as a blacksmith and made bullock carts. (Bophana item record)

Credits

The record names Khloem Dina and Chum Net as the speakers and states no interviewer or recording date, so those values are not recorded here. (Bophana item record)

Access

The record gives a duration of 47'04 and no item number. The centre states that its archives can be viewed at the centre during opening hours. (Bophana item record) (Bophana Center archives) KhmerConnection indexes this material and does not hold or provide access to the recordings.

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