Chams Clichs Backup (English)

PRESENTATION
BY EMIKO STOCK ISSUE 0 AUGUST 22, 2008
RE-PUBLISHED AUGUST 16, 2013 - CHAMATTIC.WORDPRESS.COM

Every third Friday of the month, Chams Clichs intends to go beyond frozen and monotonous representations of the Muslim community in Cambodia by offering several colourful portraits casting light on the diversity of the Cham community. The aim of this monthly column is to elude commonplace statements by studying a few clichs regarding characters - contemporary or ancient, historical or mythical - or ritual and everyday objects, and will put the focus on a multitude of key Cham protagonists. Purists might be surprised about the use of the term Chamthe word is usually reduced to the sole descendants of the Kingdom of Champa - to designate the whole of the Cambodian Muslim community, thus going beyond the simple ethnic group. This column echoes the general accepted meaning of the word Cham, a misnomer generally used to refer to the whole Muslim community of Cambodia.

More on the Kaset monthly column Chams Clichs here