Extreme Khmer Episode 16a: The Kuy, the Elephant Trainers

Finally, Season Three of Extreme Khmer is here! According to our tradition, we begin in Surin, where we interview an 80-year-old Kuy man about his experiences trapping and training elephants in Cambodia and Thailand. Check out the extras to this episode on studykhmer.com, plus watch a higher-quality version of the video.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• elephant
• khmer
• cambodia
• kuy
• thailand
• suay
• tony
• jaa

[pisethkem]

សឡាត = ឆ្លាត ?

[preahko]

@pisethkem : correct. actually that's the Lao pronunciation.

[sextc89]

the so called thais, there language came from the old speaking language of the khmers, like the old guy in this video. the siams cant even admit the truth.

[sextc89]

@IHyRaXI

thais only recently changed there name to thai from siam a few decades ago... the reason why they changed it was to export there country and do as much as they can to take the cambodian tradition and make it there own.. if there so called muaythai is from hundreds of years ago why didnt they name it muaysiam instead. they used a modern name for there kickboxing and say its from hundreds of generation along with everything else. just correcting u btw. there not tai, there siams

[smartbetta]

I love all of my Khmer people, don't mater where they live ..

[KampucheaFreshPrince]

this is awesome video

[a13784]

Thank Ta Frank that he's reminding our history in Thailand. Khorm and Khmer is the same people.

[Tekana99]

i am kui from surin province.

[sparkl1nwat3r]

@IHyRaXI LMAO!! 

[sparkl1nwat3r]

This guy is amazing. He can even read and write Khmers, not to mention that he is expert in speaking the language. Well done Mr. You should be proud of yourself.

I actually like that font you use, even though I cannot read...I wish you well in your videos for more to come.

[Jmeeluekan]

lol my granddad