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Khmer traditional clothing
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Khmer traditional clothing refers to the traditional styles of dress worn by the Khmer people throughout history. Tracing their origins back to the early Common Era, the customary styles of dress worn
Apsara dressed in Angkorian-style sompot cloth.
Apsara dressed in Angkorian-style sompot cloth.
Khmer traditional clothing: late 19th-early 20th century outfit with chong kben.
Khmer traditional clothing: late 19th-early 20th century outfit with chong kben.
Khmer traditional clothing: folk dancers in Khmer chong kben
Khmer traditional clothing: folk dancers in Khmer chong kben
Khmer traditional clothing: samloy robab as ka'at kbal neak, or "folded like head of naga", & sbai.
Khmer traditional clothing: samloy robab as ka'at kbal neak, or "folded like head of naga", & sbai.
Sampot
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A sampot, is a traditional dress in Cambodia.
Khmer traditional clothing
…clothing customs can be traced through archaeological artifacts from the 6th century to the post-Angkorian period, evolving from the simple pre-Angkorian sampot to vibrant and intricately embroidered silk garments. Historically the sampot dates back to the Funan era, in which a king, in response to Chinese…
500-600s AD Khmer Balarama wearing sampot chong kben, from Phnom Da, National Musieum of Cambodia.
500-600s AD Khmer Balarama wearing sampot chong kben, from Phnom Da, National Musieum of Cambodia.
Devata in patterned sampot. Historian Gillian Green suggests a chong kben undergarment can explain the pieces of fabric emerging from the waist and ca
Devata in patterned sampot. Historian Gillian Green suggests a chong kben undergarment can explain the pieces of fabric emerging from the waist and cascading down the sampot. Angkor Wat (12th century).
The George Groslier's original work describes: "The sampot is the Siamese national costume, long adopted by the Cambodians. It is a rectangular piece
The George Groslier's original work describes: "The sampot is the Siamese national costume, long adopted by the Cambodians. It is a rectangular piece of fabric, rolled around the waist and tucked from the front to the back between the legs."
Khmer girls in dance practice outfit: aww nay (or av nay) with a sampot chong kben, 1906.
Khmer girls in dance practice outfit: aww nay (or av nay) with a sampot chong kben, 1906.