Pailin province

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Pailin ប៉ៃលិន
Province
Pailin Province ខេត្តប៉ែលិន
Pailin countryside from Phnom Yat
Pailin
Subdivisions	1 municipality; 1 district
Government
• Governor	Phan Chanthol (CPP)
• National Assembly	1 / 125
Area
• Total	803 km2 (310 sq mi)
• Rank	23rd
Population  (2019) +855
ISO 3166 code	KH-24
Website	www.pailin.gov.kh

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Pailin (

Once a part of the powerful

Some leaders went into hiding in fear of punishment for their crimes, although other leaders lived openly in the province.[8] As of September 2007, Pailin's remaining Khmer Rouge leaders were being rounded up to face justice by an international tribunal, including Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea.^[9]

Since the war, Pailin suffered an economic decline and failures of local businesses. However, the now politically stable area is seeing a new wave of tourism focused on its ancient temples, natural forests and wildlife, and especially the precious gem market.^[10]

Administration

The province is divided into 1 municipality and 1 district, further divided into 8 communes.^[11]

Until 2001 Pailin was part of

Tourist attractions

Wat Phnom Yat

Built by

At the foot of Phnom Yat is another pagoda, the Wat Rattanak Sophoan, "a Burmese style pagoda more than 570 years of age".[16] On the walls of the enclosure surrounding the pagoda is a bas-relief depicting the Hindu saga of the churning of the Ocean of Milk.^[17]

Culture

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Pailin's culture is distinctly different from most of Khmer culture. Before the Khmer Rouge period, Pailin's culture was predominantly

There are several dialects spoken locally including Khmer, Shan and Kola. The local Khmer dialect shows influence in tone and pronunciation from the Burmese languages as well as Kham Muang and Mon language.

In Pailin, there are a few different kinds of foods. Kola's food is distinct from

The Traditional clothes of Pailin is Longyi, also known as Sarong. The cloth is often sewn into a cylindrical shape. It is worn around the waist, running to the feet. It is held in place by folding fabric over, without a knot. It is also sometimes folded up to the knee for comfort. These traditional "longyi" have about 2 meters of in length of a swan. The cloth is made of cotton and sometimes from silk. Kola men wear ankle-length patterns of checks, plaids or stripes "Longyi" in any kinds of color. The Men always wear their white eingyi shirt which has a mandarin collar and sometimes also wear a traditional jacket called taik-pon over their eingy. It has white, grey, black or terracotta colors. They put the gaung baung turban on their head and on their feet wear simple rubber or velvet slippers.

For Kola women's calf-length longyi are in solid colors, flower prints and many kinds of designs. They soften have a red-based color, with partial stripes or very small checks similar to what Mon wear. They also often have horizontal or vertical stripes at the middle part. Royalty traditionally wore a long dress called "thin-dai" decorated by many threads. It was always worn by a lord's daughter and the king of the province's lady. The Women wears a beautiful blouse and a lovely shirt which is known as eingyi. The shirt is decorated with several colors and many pieces of silver. The shirt also has horizontal or vertical stripes at the middle part in some beauty color. Kola women tie a traditional shawl on their eingyi as well as they put the shawl on their shoulders. Women tie a lovely band on their head and wear beautiful flowers in their hair, allowing their hair to drop as a ponytail above their shoulders. They sometimes took a traditional umbrella made from bamboo with them. The footwear is simple slippers of leather or velvet called Hnyat-phanat.

All of these costumes were shiny with bright colors during celebrations. The clothing is very similar to what is worn by the Shan in Burma.^[19]

The houses in Pailin are built from wood, about 8 cm to 1 meter includes a wide door and in the middle of the house, there are the hermitages of Buddha and another spirit house. The Kola People are fond of planting roses in front of their homes.

Economy

The surrounding area was rich in a variety of gemstones which were mined almost clean to support the Khmer Rouge. They also logged the area extensively, creating great environmental damage. Now all you can find is low-quality, cheap, hand-faceted gemstones at the market in downtown Pailin.^{[citation needed]}

Unlike most of

Pailin and Cambodia, in general, was extensively mined during the three decades of war[22] and remains home to numerous land mines and unexploded ordnance. People are cautioned to stay on marked roads. De-mining is ongoing with UN help, which brings in some of the few foreigners that the locals encounter.^[23]

Health

Interestingly, resistance to Malaria drugs is surprisingly high in Pailin. Resistance first appeared in Pailin on the Cambodian-Thai border and then spread to Africa by the early 1980s. A second and third wave of resistance to a new set of malaria drugs occurred since. The local strain of malaria parasites may have some special properties, or the ecology of the region may have features that boost the rise of resistance.^[24]

Notable people

• Rady Mom, US state representative in Massachusetts.

References

External links

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Pailin.

• The Cambodian Ministry of Tourism's website for the city of Pailin