The Curious History Of Cambodia's Beloved Kings | Asia's Monarchies | Real Royalty
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 มี.ค. 2021
- King Sihanouk retired in 2004, giving way to his son, Sihamoni - a ballet dancer. Unlike many monarchies, Cambodia's is not hereditary - rather the next king or queen mother is chosen by the National Assembly from a pool of eligible candidates. When Sihamoni was chosen, what sort of monarch were they hoping to crown?
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Thank you so much for uploading this documentary. As a Khmer Rouge survivor myself, I completely understand the recurring nightmare that some of the survivors are going through.
Why do I see so many khmer women on youtube with Spanish or American last names? What is going on....
@@remhk6672 Are you triggered by this??
@@marinnajules2863 u sapungs are self-haters that's why... u think ur better than regular khmer folks.
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@@remhk6672 from what my aunt and mom told me, during the start of Khmer Rouge, many people tried to refuge to other countries for safety. Some of my relatives were able to refuge to France and we still keep in touch. My mom told me that at the time when they start telling people to moved out of their house, when people were moving forward, her relatives called her to go back but she can’t because of the crowd and if she managed to move back at that time she’d end up in France.
The people of Cambodia is so humble. They always smiles.
👍
The people of Cambodia *are (plural) very humble. They always *smile (singular) 😊
So does the devil.
That makes them Great and Good .
That’s our weakness
Wonderful. My late husband and I went to Cambodia on our honeymoon in 1993, and loved it so much we went again in 1997. A magical place, a wonderful people.
The temples 👍
1970-1993 full of crisis ,civil war ,fighting each other but you was brave to honeymoon in Cambodia. I admire you and your husband
Thank you so much for this incredible documentary, we really appreciate the admiration and praise and how truthful you are. I hope more people will come to know and realize how incredible our nation truly is.
This is such an amazing video. This help me feel more relate to my history, as a new generation i can't even imagine the pain they been through.
Watching this before my national exam next month, very helpful for understanding the messy history during the 20th century, thank you very much
Thanks for shearing this documentary to the others .
Thanks for this documentary!
Thank you for share my country . Love this channel.
4th in a row..watching your documentary about asia. Amazing work.
Thank for doing video about Cambodia 🇰🇭🌷🙏
Very interesting. Thank you.
Thanks you so much teacher for sharing good knowledge of history my country 🇰🇭❤❤
Great information! Thanks for the video
Thanks for this video
Thank for your sharing around worldwide about my country, I do really love your channel ❣️🙏
Good leadership leads to peace and prosperity. Poor leadership lead to suffering and death. I was in my high school in Phnom Penh when Pol Pot took over the country in 1975. Most of my family members did not survive after 1979. As I learned our Khmer history in school, it was always ended in bloodshed for power. A peace from Khmer in abroad!
great videos, and big thanks for your sharing this Cambodia History
Khmer are such beautiful people and such a beautiful country. In prayers one day, Khmer will see the freedom and glory of a true Nation again. Khmer children must seek education to achieve such come back. God blessed
@Viddhia Sirius Cambodia doesn't have millions Buddhist monks, where th did you get this information?
@Viddhia Sirius yes god blessed Cambodia 🇰🇭. I know you don’t think India or Nepal is that rich or beautiful of a country lol 😂
So much history is learned through this one video
Thanks for sharing this wonderful documentary video about history of Cambodia. These video is so detailed and precise about the facts of Cambodia.
Thank you very much for making the Cambodia s history . Sihanu destroyed Cambidia !! He just under Vietnam and China.
Lon Nol and Sarimatak worked hard for Cambodia. but Sihanu is evil in Camboda.
@Parmis Qwertin he is right!
Thank for this accurate and informative documentary.
I shook the hand of the Prince of Cambodia and i felt i shook the hand of all Cambodia that day, i was humbled and honored. I will never forget i shook hand of Cambodian royalty.
Cambodia is the most wonderful place. My husband took me there for my 50th birthday in 2015 and we have visited 5 times (if not for Covid, we would've been 7 times). I left my heart there on that first visit and must go back to reconnect with it. We have made lasting friendships and support the village at Phnom Krom and local school. The Khmer are the most beautifully spirited peoples. Every visit, we base ourselves at the same little hotel in Siem Reap and then trip around seeing temple sites, giant statues of the Buddha and waterfalls through different provinces. We love the history and the food but mostly, we travel there for the people. We are seriously considering retiring there in a few years. Most visitors are only in Siem Reap for 2-3 days, which is a real shame as they are missing out on such a rich culture by just seeing the main 2 temple sites and then flying out.
Thank you very much for the video.
Maybe you could explore monarchies that exist in Indonesia. Although Indonesia is a republic, many monarchies still exist in its territory. Two of which have a unique characteristic; House of Hamengkubuwana and House of Pakualam, since rulers of both houses hold real political power as governor and vice governor of the province of Yogyakarta. That makes Yogyakarta the only province ruled by a hereditary governor in Indonesia. House of Hamengkubuwana is especially in the spotlight currently since a princess maybe take the helm in the future as the first female monarch in its third-hundred-years history
Indonesia current monarchy are bullshit, they are sultanate, an ottoman dog, a living traitor who still surviving from their past rebellious muslim ancestor who were actually a commoner who rebelled against the Wise Dharmic Royalties
Wow I never expected that Indonesia to still have monarchies! Greetings from your northern neighbor the Philippines 🇵🇭.
Three hundred?
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Nice Documentary ! Thank from Cambodia
Thank you for a great Khmer history.
yes!!! yes!!! thank you!!! omg, I love you so much!!
Khmer proverb: a nation without a king is like a river without water, a woman without her clothing, a naked nation.
Special thank you
Thank you very much!
Detailed and interesting film on Cambodia.
Very informative. Very well researched.
I am in loved with Cambodia, I hope to visit there again after this pandemic
Cambodia people is most nicest people I meet. so humble. smile and friendly. even invite me to they house for having a dinner. Cambodian people truly amazing
None but Vietnamese army who stepped in right time to stop the khmer rough, otherwise, not 2 millions but even more had been killed. Cambodia is in peace and good development now.I visited this country once and definitely fall in love with Cambodian people and great angkor culture. I wish the best for its people and believe the Cambodia is no doubt, will make its way to prosperous country very soon. Cheer from Viet Nam.
That was interested,Amazing history.
Such beauty in the art
2:50 Wow it's similar to Javanese wayang. I've been to Indonesia several times to find out this traditional art play, and just know that Cambodian has similar art play to Javanese. And seeing other similarities like temples and royal tradition, I searched on google and find out their close historical relation that king Jayavarman of Khmer was born in Java when Shailendra dynasty from Sumatra took power over Java island. He came back to his ancestor's homeland in Cambodia and founded Khmer kingdom. That's wonderful history❤
Amazing.
Much respect
Cambodia 🇰🇭 Kingdom Of Wonder
As an Asian American who is Cambodian and Chinese, I am truly thankful for you to tell us about this history because it just very interesting to learn and understand this. I wanted the people to know that Cambodia and other Southeast Asian Countries such as Thailand, Vietnam, and Laos) are existed or real..
all such beautiful countries.
The people of Cambodia is so humble. They always smiles.. The people of Cambodia is so humble. They always smiles..
As a graduating student, i feel like there are lots of information which are not tought in schools but they exist in this video. For example, we were told that our prime minister was just a normal soldier before the Khmer Rough period and had no relation with any Khmer Rough army but he was trusted to run the country by the king. That's what i was told anyways.
Edit: especially if they are historical information
Today is claimbodia
I knew of Cambodia but nothing about it. Thank you for sharing
Nixon and Kessinger also messed up Jamaica 🇯🇲
Nice 👍
Very informative documentary!!! Royalty has been part the Cambodian culture since ancient times also since the arrival of the Indian princely sage Kambu Swayambhuva aka Kaundinya. I hope the Khmer royalty would continue to exist since it's been part of the Cambodian culture.
Cheers and Vivat ! Glory and Long-Live for his Majesty King Sihamoni and the Crown !
❤❤❤ love Cambodia 🇰🇭
thank you for teaching history for cambodia ។
Great 👍
Awesome
Hope to visit this country and meet those humble people.
Thanks for this video! This is my culture and heritage too! :)
This was 10 years ago, so much has changed. I was there in 2009 and 2019 and its like a diffrent country now.
2021. During Covid 19. Some areas are lookdown and stayhome staysafe watching the old video that say about my nation.
Nice country,nice people,nice place,nice vdo !!
28:12 he made me smile :D
I worked in Cambodia during the UN-backed elections from 1991-1993. Cambodia will always remain dear in my heart.
Thanks you, we Cambodian never get that much love
Gugj
Just imagine how magnificent Angor Wat would have been at it’s height. It’s still awe inspiring now so it must have been incredible.if only we had a time machine.
It seems that our countries always change for the worst not for the better.
I want to time travel to see how they built Angkor Wat and Khmer culture. 🙏🏼❤️
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@@linlynleen39 just go to Dubai.. it's the same thing...🤪☮️
Top sculptures.
i can see Thai influences here
So interresting, i didn't even know there were still monarchies outside of europe or the middle east
Is there any details on the director of the documentry
Cambodia they always smiling I love their style
Cambodia say smile make people happy in friendship
Love Cambodia 🇰🇭
This document post on Mar 28th 2021, But this video had been made very long time ago.
For some reason i did cry :)
The background song being sung in the Apsaras dance for tourists has vlear south Indian classical dance tune.😊
Hello @real Royalty,
I am Cambodian. I want to help to add subtitle this into Khmer. Can you allow or help me? Thanks.
Now, the period of Khmer suffering is ending. We’re getting piece and developing , Thank you the Freedom and Peaceful for Khmer people ✌️
unluckily, the king got corrupted and bad after angkor empire period.
@@bunbun382 don’t care khmer people are looking for a better future upon them
There are many great historical stories that remain a mystery. This is due to the negligence of my people. It is unfortunate that we do not take good care of our historical evidence. What we know most of Historically, we only have ancient stone carvings that are the basis for research as evidence. However, we are very proud.
We did record many important events,but due to constant war during the 15th century,many documents were either burned, confiscated,or abandoned. After the fall of Angkor,many scholars move to writing inscriptions on palm leaf instead,and palm leaf being a natural product,if left uncheck would decompose.
Me from Southindia . I realised y's Combu peoples feelings , Cambodian culture & Traditional & life style always rememmbring Indian Bharamin's culture ! King Suriya varmaa also belong's from our Manipure dynacity ! GREAT 👌🙏🇮🇳🇰🇭🙏
Our king 🤴 JAI suriya varmaa is come from India that why’s the king build ankor wat and the Buddha come to Cambodia teaching the cultural in Cambodia 🇰🇭 because meaning is karpuchea and Cambodia people are Hindu Buddhism 🕉 ☸️ Brahma Vishnu shiva and Buddha Father is the Hindu king 🤴 and lots of people don’t really understand that Kh’mai language is half of it is Sanskrit and Hindi and the newers generation keep speaking slank language and forgetting the original language and respecting ✊ and no cure racy for others 🙏🙏🙏🕉☸️🧡🇰🇭💯🌹
JAI Suriya varmaa
@@vishnunamobuddhayabhikkuas7149 🙏🙏🙏🙏👍
i can assure u that all Varaman kings in Khmer kingdom are Khmer Hindu not Indian , stop taking credit from Khmer people.
@@user-xs3gh7pv5j no nothing they were interduced a beautiful culture from our Manipuri varmaa dynasity ☝️
@@kaminipriya2081 @kamini priya @kamini priya right we a heavyly influenced by Hindu but doesn't make Khmer kings Indian.
I notice that so many people have seen pictures of Cambodian temples but never knew what country the temples are at.
@Green That's a province-
This video is very accurate, very knowledgeable, and well made. Thank you so much for making this video. As a fellow Cambodian i love the king. He's the father of this nation, thanks to him that we can claim independence from France colonization. French treat us very bad. Cutting our land give to Vietnam, and trashing our lives by killing democracy. I don't blame him for fleeing this nation as war comes. He know what best for his country. Who stupid enough to stay and die? Who will rescue the country if he's dead? As long as he can live, we still have a chance. He thought a head for so many years. After years of civil war without receiving any help from the UN or NATO he still get our country back to it knee. It's been only 23 years 1998-2021 that we have full democracy from any country or civil war but we progress very well. You just can't hate the king Sihanouk. No matter what book from the west writing bad things about him, but the truth is still the truth, he's the father of Cambodia freedom. You can't deny that. Also for the people saying that he is not suitable to be a king, please look at Cambodia during 1960-1965 in which he act as Prime Minister of Cambodia. Cambodia at that time is developing very fast, corruption free, low illiteracy, low unemployment rate, no inflation, high gdp gnp, and very nice social health care. Phnom Penh at that time was considered as the Pearl city of Asia. There's tons of research, and evidence proving all of these statements. Also for the people that don't believe it you can ask every elder in Cambodia what was life in the Socialism era of king Sihanouk.
The same happened in Indonesia in 1965. President Sukarno was regarded too liberal by the US, because he let any parties incl. Communist Party to live side by side with the others. Civil war was erupted in Indonesia, killing hundreds of thousands. The coup d’etats in South East Asia were committed by CIA. Please watch the lectures about liberal hegemony by Prof. Mearsheimer, Chomsky and Cohen. If you have more time, please also watch on youtube 2 documentaries by Oliver Stone called Ukraine on Fire and Revealing Ukraine. The CIA was doing it again in Eastern Europe in 2014, resulting Ukraine/Russia conflict today. Georgia was the lucky one, it had escaped without bloodsheds.
Beautiful happiness king❤😊crazy 😊
1:34 MISS MY KING SO MUCH 🙇🏻♀️💙❤️🤍
Why? He’s a Khmer Rouge.. he created gorilla armies , billion live was slaughtered..
People make mistakes and I have mixed feelings about his majesty. Yet again he IS our king so I suppose it's quite normal for us to respect him like that.
I am someone who has heard the name of Kings and PMs of Combodia and brutal reign of Khmer Rouge in current affair books while growing up and later in my 20s,this documentary gave much more depth in knowledge and information about the country which is a home to the world's biggest temple.
Peace which many of us take for granted has already great price which is paid by our ancestors in different forms. As a citizen of a democratic republic country,what Combodian people went through for centuries feels like a nightmare to me. I really admire and appreciate the grit and hard work of people who are trying to make things better.
Corruption has deep roots and it is not easy to get rid of it. But I do hope and pray that Combodian people get to taste the peace,prosperity and happiness in near future which stays with them for long.
អរគុណចំពោះការផ្សព្វផ្សាយពីខ្មែរ thanks for you 🙏🙏🙏
At 36:00, he is my relative. He, my mom, and my aunt always tell about their lives during the Khmer rough to all the children to know.
I appreciate these unbias documentary, and have understand more of VN and Cambodia tension, make sense when you understand the circumstance too.
That being said, the Prince in exile was staying at China during the entire ordeal, China Communist party support the Khmer Rouge, and Pol Pot was a Maoist...
This cause some concern...
Well anyway, i hope Cambodia doing better in this current era, friendly hello from VN.
My grandpa was Vietnamese and my grandpa's grandmother was also mixed vietnamese and cambodian. Before khmer rouge they would go back and forth through the border to buy food or meet relatives :) The family were professors and teachers in pnomh penh and most survived by lying except my grandpa who admitted he was a teacher. My Dad's Cambodian chinese parents sadly were killed :(
I was born in the U.S. and we have a lot of Vietnamese friends and relatives. The family isn't the fondest of Vietnam (but they dislike Chinese government 100× more) because of stuff that happened during Vietnam War, but we're happy that Vietnamese can live happily and is united into a wonderful country.
Cambodia is not in a good shape right now and it's very sad, but I apologize on behalf of the rude cambodians and hope one day Cambodia will break free from this corruption and that our people will live happily together again :>
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I watched this in 2021 and I can tell you that with everything we been through, we will continue to serve the throne. It doesn't matter where we are now because we never forget where we came from. Long Live the King 👑
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Sana me ganito Pinas.ancient evidences
Miss my king so much 😢😢😢😢 when I see this video 😢
plz make a video on the royal family of punjab from ranjeet singh to duleep singh
So many adds!! Like every 3 minutes. Other than that thanks for uploading.
this is very interesting...
When happiness is continually fueling their society, their Monarchy leadership becomes perfected.
Not a very good King. He left his people to suffer and kill while he and his families seek refuged. Not a good figure in modern history for this king unfortunately. Thank you for sharing the history of Khmer Monarch. This King loved to sing, dance, and all for his own happiness. This king was not an Angel on earth or the father of the nation. He was the father who abandoned his people. This is of course, my opinion. I love my people, my country, culture and tradition, but not my rulers during this modern time.
im cambodian, yes he left and do whatever he want but he has no power in doing anything. He is like the idol to follow but sadly, he didn't give morale to the people.
He didn’t abandon his people sure he help brought pol pot to power but pol pot betrayed him and put him in house arrest he want to be the king again he’s want to help his people remember norodom administration period the country was so wealthy and he was the one who gave independent to the country if it wasn’t for the war the country would be a wealthy nation and of course this is my opinion every Cambodian need to unite instead of fighting each other that could make the country stronger after the war we need to reborn as a country again
isn't that like every monarch
I disagree with your opinion. I am not saying Sihanouk was a 100% good and did not make any mistakes. However, he loved his people. A few things prove that he loved his people, one, he had helped Cambodia gain independence from France and two, he had tried to keep Cambodia neutral during the Vietnam War. When you speak of Sihanouk taking refuge in China, I wonder if you know or have learned the entire history at all. Sihanouk was ousted from power of March 1970 by Lon Nol and his cousin Sirik Matak while being abroad because of the Vietnam War. How do you expect him to return to Cambodia when a death sentence was placed on him?!!! During this time, the Cold War is happening not to mention the Vietnam War. So he sought refuge in China. Then in 1973 he returned to the jungle of Cambodia and worked with the Khmer Rouge to kick out the U.S. backed-"corrupted" Lon Nol regime and hoping to get his power back. The Khmer Rouge had promised that they would make him head of state. Of course they betrayed him in 1976 by making him step down and placed him under house arrest. The Khmer Rouge could killed him too just like 14 of his grandchildren by they didn't because he was in important figure. Did you know that when the Vietnamese tanks rolled into Phnom Penh in late 1978 that the Vietnamese were going to behead him??? The Khmer Rouge must've known this and they allowed him to escape to China just in the knick of time. Don't forget that assasination of Sihanouk's life was also attempted on by the South Vietnamese back in 1954 when they sent a bomb to the royal palace which instead killed a cousin of his.
With all the bad things that happened to Cambodia and her people, I want to say that Sihanouk can NOT be the only person to blame. There were many complicated factors involved. If you read the history well you would understand. Look at from the late 1950s and the rest of 1960s. Sihanouk's Sangkum Reastr Niyum era had made Cambodia industrialized and Cambodia had produced many talented artists. Sihanouk danced, composed musics, and made movies...why wouldn't you say he is talented?!!...
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I am pleased to hear that you knew about Cambodian History during this era. Indeed, King Sihanouk was talented in artsy entertainment. I am glad you see King Sihanouk in different prospect. Again, opinion and how people think of King Sihanouk during his ruling can be positive or negative with or without the history to back up. When you compared the death of King Sihanouk's 14 grandchildren to the death of a nation (about over 2 million people killed) is incomparable. As a father to his nation, he should not have fled his country to seek refuse while knowing that his people are being massacred. The fact is that he fled the country and his so called beloved people with his talented and gift. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and wisdom. Peace:)
Great documentary. It made me cry 😥. I always knew the vietnamese invasion is what ended the Khmer rouge regime and brutal killings but I never knew exactly how and why the khmer rouge came into so much power at that time. Now I know why. King Sihounouk Norodom gave power to them because of the Vietnam war and the bombing by the U.S in Cambodia. My parents are survivor. I sometimes wonder how my country would be thriving if he didn't make one wrong decision to side with the khmer rouge or if the US didn't bomb Cambodia that caused him to seek help from them. Perhaps if he didn't seek independence from France, this probably wouldn't happen.
The CIA should’ve kept their dirty hands to themselves instead of interfering with other nations’ political interests i.g: Vietnam, Indonesia to name a few in South East Asia; Nicaragua, Chile, etc. in South America, etc.
If you want to pin-point the exact trigger, then it was the US bombing Cambodia. The US had no real reason to extend the Vietnam war into Cambodia at that time. Looking back , it was the wrong decision. But what other options did he have at that time? Could he have foreseen that his own countryman could become so bloodthirsty? He was expecting to be handed back his kingdom quickly, not be usurped. The Vietnamese ultimately betrayed Cambodia too and invaded Cambodia.
@@Wann-zo7rn2qn4i I agree. He has no options. I’m not saying the Vietnamese are the hero either. Even the Thai government at that time tortured the Cambodian refugees from stories I’ve heard.
I can relate with our Tripuri (Tripura state of Northeast India) culture as we were Hindu but Bengali ( refugee of the 1972 war from Bangladesh) seems to claim as there were no proper records of the kingdom Tripura there were books written by Indian scholar Rabindranath Tagore the book title Rajmala
Asian monarchies are culturally rich and colourful.
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I love Angkor Wat, amazingly built by ancient Khmer people
เขมรไม่สร้าง แต่ยังไปลบประวัติศาสตร์ที่จารึกในกำแพงนครวัดให้เสียหาย
TH-cam recommend this video to me exactly on khmer Independence Day
So, It was Sihanouk, the revered king of all the Cambodian, who welcomed the Khmer Rouge to his Cambodian subject...What a devoting royal.
Your Intelligence is very limited, it is a miracle to be born but you waste your precious life by being stupid instead!
@@yaso2222 Instead some stupids try very hard to convince the world that their lord’s bet for regaining his power back by millions of his people lifes was a decent decision and should not be blame.
Coz u are A THAI EXPANSIONIST PROPAGANDA.
Sihanu destroyed Cambodia by get Vetnam to be his boss. Vetnames Hojiming is the God s father of Sihanu . Sihanu made the tricked to to kill Cambodia by made killing field milions millions of Cambodians got kiled in 1975to 1979 more than 4/5 milions and untill now still got killing everyday by Vietnamess s spy !!!please some justice around the worlds may help Cambodia from Communist Veitnam and China. Please
Why did he welcome the Khmer Rouge??!!! You should ask yourself that first and do some research before making foolish comment!!! Go learn about the wars, the First War of Indochina, the Second War of Indochina aka the Vietnam War, and the Cambodian Civil War.