The Khmer people are an ethnic group native to Cambodia. They comprise over 95% of Cambodia's population of 17 million. They speak the Khmer language, which is part of the larger Austroasiatic languag
Photo of a Khmer bride in traditional clothing featuring the sbai (ceremonial breast sash) and sampot sarabap (brocade silk skirt) draped as ka'at kbal neak ("folded like a naga head"), by Gervais-Courtellemont, published in 1928
Khmer people in traditional Khmer attire during the new year
Thailand, officially the Kingdom of Thailand, and formerly known as Siam, is a country located in Mainland Southeast Asia. It shares land borders with Myanmar to the west and northwest, Laos to the ea
Khmer people
…follow Theravada Buddhism. Significant populations of Khmers reside in neighboring regions, including Northern Khmer communities in adjacent areas of Thailand and Khmer Krom communities in the Mekong Delta region of Vietnam. There are nearly one million Khmers in other diaspora communities, living mainly in…
Dvaravati-style Chedi at Wat Phra Rub [th], Suphan Buri province, now completely destroyed.
Wat Phra Prang Sam Yod, a 13th-century Angkorian temple in Lopburi.
Proposed extent of the Phrip Phri polity in the late 12th century.
Phra Achana, Wat Si Chum, Sukhothai Historical Park