Ramayana a narrative on morality

Ramayana one of the most popular traditional dance in Cambodia celebration every single public and national festival. The Cambodia version of the epic Ramayana is known as “Reamker.” There are references of Ramayana in Cambodian culture from the tenth century AD. The literary text of Khmer adaptation dates back to the 16th century.

Ramayana might have reached Cambodia through the contract with the South Indian kingdoms. Ancient Hindu temple here provide the earliest references of Ramayana and the world famous and world wonder Angkor Wat temple depicts various episodes from the epic.

In Reamker of Khmer version story, Lord Ram is know as “Preah Ream”and Ravana is known as “Krong Reap.” Sita is called “Neang Seda” and Lakshman is called “Preah Leak.” The name of Hanuman is the same but with a slightly different pronunciation.

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