Second-hand clothes in Cambodia

The used clothes have been imported to Cambodia for many years since Khmer Rouge had been finished.  The used clothes are from American, some parts of Europe, Korean, Japan and China. Those countries are contributing the second-hand clothes as the charity to the poor countries like Cambodia. There are many kinds of used clothes that are available all over the country in Cambodia. You can have shoes, sports, trousers, pants even underwear staff and more. Most of the buyers come from the poor who have low income such as farmer,s motor taxi drivers...Etc as they think the second-hand clothes are much cheaper than the brand new clothes and their quality is almost the same, the price of used clothes range from 0.20 $ to 2 $ in average. People  can buy them from the markets, along the street stalls, and some sellers even sell to the people's doors.

The clothes are sold in rural area of Cambodia in Svay Rieng Province. The seller buys the clothes from the city and sells out to the province

 

The clothes are sold in Phnom Penh City, Psar Kandal Market.

 

The clothes are stored in the storehouse before go to the markets, each pack weight 100 kilograms.

Ap or the Krasue​​​​ (អាប)

Many religions believe that the Ap or the Krasue (Thailand ) heredity came from The Physical or Supernatural. Someone trying to learn the black arts in Hindu culture makes a mistake or studies the wrong magic. It appeared to them to separate their head and body. Past sins are also related to Ap Heredity; women who aborted or killed someone in a previous life will become a Ap as punishment. Another story refers to a person who later became the Ap, by food and drink contaminated with an old Ap 's saliva or flesh. Transformations into a Ap mostly happens to the relatives of witches, especially their daughters or granddaughters. Commonly it can happen only to the woman or teenage girl.

Ap is a malevolent spirit appearing during the night with her internal organs hanging down from the neck, trailing below the head. Since it has no lower body this spirit hovers in the air above the ground. The organs below the head include a length of intestine and are usually represented freshly daubed with blood. Her teeth often include pointed fangs. This hungry ghost is always active in the night when it goes out hunting, seeking blood to drink or raw flesh to devour and other dirty things. After hunting for such food, the flying head will go to rejoin the body before the sunrise, and if anyone turn the body upside down, the head will  rejoin in the wrong side and causes the great pain to Ap.

Ap person is alive as an human being unlike ghost. At the day time Ap person can live her life other normal people, but there are some noticeable marks which make Ap person is different from other from some points. Ap can’t look straight directly into normal human’s eyes because she feel frightened with normal human’s eyes and when she goes out at daytime she always wear thick clothes covered up from head to toes.

Ap can prey on pregnant women in their homes just before or after the childbirth. It uses tongue to catch the fetus within the womb and its sharp teeth to devour it. This habit, among other unmentionable things that this spirit does, is believed to be the cause of many diseases affecting mainly women during their pregnancy. In order to protect pregnant women from becoming victims before delivery, their relatives place thorny branches around the house.

Cambodian Rice Noodle

This dish is served as one of the famous dishes in Cambodia. It is inspired by Chinese Noodle, but
it’s far different because of its soup, ingredients and vegetables .  If you travel all over the country, you would see Cambodian noodle sole all over the place with different ways, along the road, on restaurant or even at some people’s home.

Mostly Khmer people have it as breakfast, lunch and dinner. It will be served in the family or even in the party.

Noodle paste is made from grinned rice and mixed with water. Noodle soup is make from fish, coconut milk, prohok, and grinned ingredients.The soup was topped with a little salad of flower petals called phkar sngor – finely shredded banana flower, cucumber and green papaya and some other Cambodian vegetables to give the same texture and taste.

 The process of grinned rice with the traditional tool

This is the raw rice after being grinned and it becomes pasty which is easy to make the noodle.

After the rice paste is cooked, they cool it to make up the shape of the noodle like this.

 
Many kinds of Vegetables are severed with noodle soup



Cambodian have noodle as their meal for breakfast along the road