Since the Angkor time, the word is more or less the same no matter how the country has changed.
It's been so hard a time for these few folks that they've come to love their country {too?} much.
"If I will be rewarded for my meritorious acts, I wish to be empowered to rebuild the pride of those who had sacrificed their lives for their visions that they brought for the land and the people and that for centuries never died." Khemara Phoumirak
For the source of the inscription, read http://sokheounpang.wordpress.com/if-i-am-reborn-i-wish-to-be-reborn-as-khmer-again/.
Chume reap sua! My name is Jewel. I found your blog when I was looking for a picture of this "proud to be khmer" sign. I hope you don't mind if I used your picture in my blog. I have been to Cambodia 2 times and I love it and I want to live there. I am a student in the university so I cannot return until next summer, when classes are on vacation. I will enjoy reading your blog! I hope you choose to follow and read mine too! I hope you are well na!
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