Khmer Cultural Festival 2004

[Simson616]

WTF? Preserve the Cambodian culture by adapting elements of the US american culture?

[ervinjay13]

fuck Cambodians and Vietnamese.

Wah Ching gang for life!

you gangsters are weak!

[NobleKnight7]

Hey guys... Cultural do EVOLVE... Therefore, We should evolve and adapt that what makes us survive!!!!! "Survival of the fittest," Darwin....

[Simson616]

@NobleKnight7 wasn't it some extreme kind of darwinism that led to this desaster? 

[hainguyenx]

Cambodia guys always act black. Why? Your culture is very precious. Greeting from Vietnam.

[TUFFGUNN]

@hainguyenx lolz, at least Khmers have culture...greetings from french literature and chinese culture =)

[MysticRonin101]

@hainguyenx The original inhabitants of Southeast Asia were Black negrito tribes and there are a lot of Black Cambodians with curly afro hair. Even in Vietnam a number of us have those genes too. I'm Northern Vietnamese and I feel it strongly too and I identify more with them than the Chinese.

[olivlondon]

I'm saddened by the comments... People come with a message of love and receive hatred. It doesn't matter how they say it or where they live. There is no such thing as superior culture or degenerated race, we're all brothers and sisters. Do you really prefer Pol Pot to this?

[1robinsong]

I understand the comments about "not dressing appropriately," "acting like a ghetto negro," etc. You must understand, again, The tribe of Judah (so-called African-Americans/negroes of America) have also allowed themselves to become an astonishment and degenerates, but like Cambodians, not all of them are like that, either. They are some of the most talented, innovative people in the world. And they are waking up to the fact that they are the lost tribes of Israel!

[1robinsong]

No. They're imitating their brothers, the tribe of Judah (so-called African-Americans). Khmer are one of the lost tribes of Israel, and Judah are the tribe of the kings, therefore, according to Genesis 49 in the Bible, all their brethren imitate them. Don't tear down your own brethren, Khmer people.

[USAdude30]

@ThaHappyCamper Your welcome HappyCamper.I have allot or respect for "traditional"Khmer people.They act nothing like a ghetto negro gangster.They are honorable,conservative and very decent human beings.It sickens me to see these young people acting and dressing like street trash.This would have been completely unacceptable in the U.S. 40 years ago.Anyways,good be on ya.Peace:-)

[vandeso]

What the hell are they doing????????? It is not Khmer culture.

[rawrocker4ever]

ewww...as an american i have to say i hate my country for this

[Deathstar931]

Get that crap the hell out of our culture

[roguenation]

Speechless. Aghast. Shock. Disgust. What words can adequately describe the reaction to this "cultural festival" by Comrade Pol Pot if he was alive to see it?

[USAdude30]

I'm American.I have been to Cambodia a few times.Never seen this westernized kind of thing there.This looks more like American Khmer people performing.The guy acting like a black thug looks like a fool.

[vha48]

You should have full respect for your country culture for it unique and purity. While these performers doesn't even dress properly for the event; at the same time, rapping in a language that most of the audiences doesn't even understand. Funny.

[Ullbritt]

LOL how embarassing, but then again, what kind of rap isn't?

[Edubbplate]

This is NOT Cambodian culture. RAP music? Really?

[KamHtown]

Serious? Is that guy wearing a doo rag? The rapping is a bit over the top cheesy.

[parim31]

this looks more like a festival of the western influence on the East. Everyone Asian person is performing Western songs and dances hahaha. Unfortunately this is happening in most foreign nations.

[deceiver123m]

@parim31 anglo-american empire. Blame queen elizabeth I for getting the ball rolling on the english culture rolling over other cultures

[mccluskey]

oh no 

[bobbytmathew]

wwwwwwwwwwwwwwwttttttttf? oh what im i saying, this isn't 2 dif from tamil rap.

[harryflyer]

soootama culture great... good

[smistry94]

eerr no

[zamzamlele]

wtf????gangsta rap is part from khmer culture??

[talabastardo]

why you look like japanese malaysian filipino black american and white dus korean also ?

many breeds

[ILoveSpeed123456789]

indian guys tring to rap!!!!!!! are you fucker serious!!!! stick to their paintings, and these biches cant sing eather!!!!

[order57]

OMG

[cool707ful]

though m Indian but 100 % sure its not  Combodian culture, americans beware of corrupting the culture if u dont hav one.

[rotmatt2003]

sad really.

[azn13abe]

What the hell is this?

[chrislimea]

Ugh, this modern Cambodian culture will never be as good as the old days.

[rcarter09]

A festival created by Cambodian-American volunteers?

this video is an absolutely perfect example of the globalization of American pop culture and how it feels the need to dominate every other culture. This video is obviously depicting America's destruction of Khmer culture. It looks like there are some genuine Khmer cultural aspects to the festival, but the video is gushing with American overtones. Really its just to popularize American culture so American artists sell more CDs

One Word:Shameful

[TIgeracademy]

cheap whores

[KHMERSISAKET]

go take music lesson from khmer surin!!

[suryababe]

these disgusted me. I can't find a words to describe it. and their song is totally suck.

[siemladyboy]

If you want to show your culture to the world, please show your own. From what I see in this video is not a khmer culture.

[suryababe]

I totally agree with you...I am Cambodian also and this is not our culture. we don't have hip hop and rap music.

[bob23yer]

@suryababe Glad to hear, hip hop and rap just sucks, but, if you're interested into REAL music, start listening to heavy metal.

~S~

[KhmErAiDS]

hahahaha

[limfoogoo]

I disagree. Hip-hop culture is supposed to be a movement for creativity and progress. I see the same in feminism. However, I think I agree with you that the status quote for what atrributes make a feminist or a rapper, do stunt the creative process of being a human. I think that is the point of both movements, not uniformity.

But we live in a modern world, where we can infuse both new technologies and proud traditions. Let's.

[lockies]

be original, why you have to copy black rap?

[mytran80]

don't blame khmers , thats because black people are the most copied people in the world hands down , blacks have rhythm style flavor swagger etc more then anyother race... so dont blame cambodians

[IHyRaXI]

why black people haveto copy white people and keep their white slave name?

[My123451234512345]

very very very good. good posting.

[sciopadore]

'me love u long time"

[meech407]

i mean quality is not that great. But it nice that they did it.

[tygesh]

You´re right, - it´s not bad. Jush wish the girls had excersised more. They are SO out of tune...

[meech407]

good shit

[iLLMiLLz978]

GAP POSSE 427 CLICK PUTTIN IT DOWN!!

[vha48]

@KhmAiLdY <<<< An example of trying to be black. I just threw up a little after watching part of this video and read our country future prisoner comment.

[seanredsky]

I agree. I am native american man, propun chnyum khmer. I go to water festival too...wonder same thing.

[EcouteTonCoeur]

great video!

[chubbycheekz507]

this is khmer culture?.. wow .. looks different to me. The traditional dances were good images but why English songs, dance, and rap? and why are you guys dressing like that?

[StupidCambodian]

HAHAHA LOLLL...

Cambodian Rap hahahaha.. Why do you people wanna act like niggers?

[camae62]

Why all these stupid khmer kids want to be black so bad? They think black culture is cool? I hate the fucking hip hop and rap, they sound disgusting and criminals, it's the thugs music,only the stupids like these kind of so call: music. And Asian girls with blond hair!! they look like kangaroo. Your yellow or brown skin don't go together O.K? if you don't like yourself or your culture just denounce who what you are. Most good decent khmer don't like you betrade our culture.

[Forzanuccii]

lol this is pathetic! Stick with your culture instead of wanna roll in the Hip Hop culture and wft cambodian with blonde hair? whats next?

[fp00n]

"Stick with your culture" but what is Khmer culture? All cultures borrow from other cultures, and Khmer brought Buddhism from India, so should Cambodians stop being Buddhists because it came from India as well?

[HarmoniousHom]

A crooked and perverse nation indeed.

You want to transport this back to Khmer

land? I rather hear the frogs sing instead of

this racket thumping through out the country

side.

I am not sure if I'm being a racist.

Sorry, for offending you and others.

I see it as perverse, you see it as being

"kool". There, we'll let it stand with that.

[HarmoniousHom]

You call this "Khmer Pride"? Look to much

like "Khmer Shame" to me. This hip-bop thing

is discussing.

[x209KhMeRxShAwTy]

fuk all tha hataz out dea who hatin on us Khmer's ... man i stay reppin Khmer Pride all dey errydey.

KHMER PRIDE 4 EVERRRR......

[effected51]

well, you're not helping by writing in ebonics...

[mariesoy]

ha ha those are my uncles!!!

[starberrylov3r]

they cant dance and sing wat else dont they hav?

[Whatname7]

Damn those guys are freaking sexy!! never seen sexy cambo guys like that before! but whats with the rapping?? who cares give me their number :) hot hot hot!!

[xxthixthixx]

uulggg nah.......

[saurkencharlie]

yeah....go kiss niggas ass,...this is absolutely not khmer culture,.

[ChandaKor]

uh y do you have to be so racist...i am khmer and my kids are mixed with black...so i find dat very offensive....so you can stop with all dat bullshit....nigga....

[chanheurng]

Learn Engilsh.

[NOILLEGALSALLOWED]

so your kids are half breed.Half monkey(nigger) and half something else

[ChandaKor]

waht da fuck is wrong with u? Ain't we all da same...why da fuck do we have to call eachother names? You ain't nothing but a ignorant as muthafucka!!!!

[MightyKhmerEmpire1]

you are a nigger,look at the way you talk.only a NIGGER says muthafucka.Real people says mother fucker.NOT MUTHAFUCKA.YOU NIGGER WANNA BE.OH I FORGOT YOUR BF IS A NIGGER.OUT OF ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE WORLD YOU HAD TO HAVE YOUR BABY WITH A NIGGER,FUCKING FOODSTAMP RECEIPTIENT WELFARE NO JOB LAZY NIGGER.If you want to be associated with them NIGGERS it's your choice,but others will look at you not in a good way.BITCH,STAY WITH YOUR OWN RACE.YOUR KIDS WILL HAVE NO FUTURE BECAUSE THE CHOICE YOU MADE.

[rotov80]

tu eres un completo pendejo!

traslate it loser!

[MightyKhmerEmpire1]

tu puto mucho fuckin mexicano go back it mexico you fucking wet back,swim back across the fucking mexican river.puto and tu mama puta tu capron.you illegal bastard go back to mexico so your mom can be a puta

[rotov80]

hahaha LOSER!!!

:D

[kuytydora]

Please go kiss the african ass because this is not Khmer culture.

[redboran]

You must be blind my friend. Besides the performances by volunteers and star singers, this is very much a Khmer Cultural Festival. That kind of music is called hip hop and Im afraid that that style is internationally known and accepted, besides, they aren't even gangsters. Did you even care or bothered to listen to their lyrics? Maybe it is that you dont understand English well enough. The world doesn't stop for you so not everything has to be your way ok?

[chanheurng]

hip hop is gabage culture. very sad this is the standard %100 garbage.

[effected51]

Why is that?

[chanheurng]

Hip hop is a celibration of dysfunction. Evolution in reverse. Pimping, Gangbanging, Drug dealing, Thugs. It's not culture and even Black people deserve more than that too.

[fp00n]

just as with every cultural form, there are different segments to it. The Hip Hop that you speak of is the one promoted by MTV and the music corporations, the Hip Hop that I've seen is born out of love, the goal of liberation, community, and artistic expression, NOT dysfunction. I'd urge you to not essentialize cultures.

[componentnumberone]

is that true? Linda T.D got sued by Madona ..lol

[itjustthai]

this take place in Massachusett Lowell

khmer town

[khmertoobe]

LOL:) Well!! Well!! Well!!!This is USA. They did the best they can.

[scotthall82]

hehehe i just come back from visit srok khmer too funn.

[mayb447]

Umm why are they singing hip-hop at a Khmer cultural festival lol. None of these singers can sing or dance at all but at least the women looked cute.

[mrcrook10]

...where is this?...in cambodia?...

[Tonymockler]

next door to you

[tooshy1]

Those 2 guy rappers make their own songs..Forgot what's their group name though, Seashia or something. I used to went to Butler school and saw them perform at the school stage.

[malleena123]

I give these people props for trying to do something for themselves. But if you're gonna be a performer dont do it half assed. Put yur heart into it yall. And quit stealing other folks songs. Y'all dont wanna turn like Linda Trong Dai and shit.

[Ssonn04]

Yeah Linda T.D. They sued her panties off. lol

[crAZNimal]

i agree on that !!!we should form our own identity!! insteady of biting other cultures, like hip hop !!at least do it in a positive way..

[Buklan]

come on wheres the real talent, its like all these people can do is rapping and hip hop. Talking about ghetto...its time to get out not stay in

[neth64]

khmer en amérique sont très fort mais n' oublié pas notre misère pays .......

[SeasonalConditions]

eh? That was mean sreykouch...

Anyways, Happy New Years. aha.

[NekoTenshiLuv]

lolz yea they were sreykouch doin sexy dance. lolz

[tennyphnom]

this is very interestingg

[x1preciousxx]

aye yo i think i was there back then in 2004, at Lowell right?

[avann88]

The guy rappers were better than the 3 girls...

[veashna05]

ha keep working i like kmer rep pos  more na thanks

PS.DONN'T LET IT DOWN AND BE STRONG ,,WE LOVE IT

[kev4u2nv]

KHMER PRIDE!!!

[khmersoljah]

khmer Pride mother fucker3

[urx7bad]

man Fresno is missin out. i need to go to one of these festival

[justinlambchop]

Was there any traditional khmer music?

[Nobodyknow]

damn man I miss the first time the water festival was open, shiet was rock back then but now it's really suck I believe this was the sec time water festival was open...

[feetixx]

water festival been going on every year for about the past 10 years

[tnong05]

what's the group name of the khmer rapper? hit me on my email @ tnong05@sprintpcs.com. thanks alot! i like their song. can i get it?

[laobodian1226]

yea murrda mass!!!!

[Justinascent]

Sounds like those guys took something off the Cover Girls, "Show me" during their chorus on their first song.

[endlezz]

damn those guys sang better then those girls .. didnt one of them use to sell meat at seng heng

[ExoticToxic]

heyy man. next time theres a khmer festivall. tag me up. ahead of time. i would love to be there represting TOO!!! .

[itzxthavyxbabii3]

omg =] i see ma cuzzins =]

[BOoTYfULxSTArz]

thoes guyz are mad hott ! they got mad stylez!!!

but, thoes khmer angelz gotta go... aint tryin too hate!!

[pkachantu]

haha I saw these girls in Long Beach california this recent cambodiannew years? hahaha

[Leyna0412]

yeayea!!! LOWELLL MUURDDAAA!!! HOMIES!

[SotheaK]

I like the khmer rappers lolz...they sound pretty good in english and khmer...but the khmer angels they gotz to go...!

[cnellyg]

this is in massachusetts!!!!

[BushidoBen]

the old folks dont get you young rappers, just sing, lol.

[khmerguy22]

where is this located?

[nithyanine]

I think it is located in Lowell...