VIDEO: A Couple of Kids Catch a Big Water Snake

It’s incredible how unique each culture is and how many ways there are to raise children!

So many different mentalities!

Your 12 year old son, brother or cousin probably spends his time playing on the computer.

Well, these kid from Cambodia spend theirs fishing for snakes!

According to Wikipedia, various factors contribute to the Cambodian culture including Theravada Buddhism, Hinduism, French colonialism, Angkorian culture, and modern globalisation. The Cambodian Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts is responsible for promoting and developing Cambodian culture.

Cambodian culture not only includes the culture of the lowland ethnic majority, but also some 20 culturally distinct hill tribes colloquially known as the Khmer Loeu, a term coined by Norodom Sihanouk to encourage unity between the highlanders and lowlanders.

Rural Cambodians wear a krama scarf which is a unique aspect of Cambodian clothing. The sampeah is a traditional Cambodian greeting or a way of showing respect to others. Khmer culture, as developed and spread by the Khmer empire, has distinctive styles of dance, architecture and sculpture, which have been exchanged with neighbouring Laos and Thailand throughout history.

Angkor Wat (Angkor means “city” and Wat “temple”) is the best preserved example of Khmer architecture from the Angkorian era along with hundreds of other temples that have been discovered in and around the region.

Traditionally, the Khmer people have a recorded information on Tra leaves. Tra leaf books record legends of the Khmer people, the Ramayana, the origin of Buddhism and other prayer books. They are taken care of by wrapping in cloth to protect from moisture and the climate.

Bon Om Tuuk (Festival of Boat Racing), the annual boat rowing contest, is the most attended Cambodian national festival.

Held at the end of the rainy season when the Mekong river begins to sink back to its normal levels allowing the Tonle Sap River to reverse flow, approximately 10% of Cambodia’s population attends this event each year to play games, give thanks to the moon, watch fireworks, dine, and attend the boat race in a carnival-type atmosphere.

Popular games include cockfighting, soccer, kicking a sey, which is similar to a footbag, and chess. Based on the classical Indian solar calendar and Theravada Buddhism, the Cambodian New Year is a major holiday that takes place in April. Recent artistic figures include singers Sinn Sisamouth and Ros Serey Sothea, who introduced new musical styles to the country.

Khmer women are traditionally supposed to be modest, soft-spoken, “light” walkers, well-mannered, industrious, belong to the household, act as the family’s caregivers and caretakers and financial controllers, perform as the “preserver of the home”, maintain their virginity until marriage, become faithful wives, and act as advisors and servants to their husbands.

The “light” walking and refinement of Cambodian women is further described as being “quiet in movements that one cannot hear the sound of their silk skirt rustling”. As financial controllers, the women of Cambodia can be identified as having real household authority at the familial level.

In recent years, women have become more active in the traditionally male-dominated spheres of work and politics in Cambodia.