Sompot Chong Kben

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Sompot Chong Kben, early 20th century, Bunka Gakuen Costume Museum
sompot, it is more of a pant than a skirt. The chong kraben is described by art historian Eksuda Singhalampong as "...a garment that resembles loose breeches. The wearer wraps a rectangular piece of cloth around his [or her] waist, the edge of cloth is then passed between the legs and tucked in at the wearer's lower back. Many 19th-century European accounts often called them knee breeches, riding breeches or knickerbockers."[3]
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Etymology

Sompot Chong Kben (សំពត់ចងក្បិន)

sampot[5] (a long, rectangular cloth worn around the lower body), ចង /cɑɑŋ/chang[6] (to wrap around), and ក្បិន /kbən/kben[7]
(refers to the lower body cloth wrapped around the waist and then pulled back between the legs and tucked in at the back). In short, this type of cloth is known as kben or chong kben, literally means "to wrap or to wear the kben in Khmer language. Whereas chong kraben (โจงกระเบน) is used among Thai people and derived from these Khmer words.

History

The history of sompot chong kben dates back to ancient

Khmer empire, most of the people were likely to read and see the Reamker at the Angkor Wat carving on the first floor as well. The origin of sompot chong kben is known as Indian. Also prayed and blessed to was a deva known as Hanuman, the guard of Prince Rama in India's famous mythology, Ramayana, as well as the Khmer adaptation, Reamker. To show its power, Indians preferred to wear the sompot chong kben as their costume and today, it is still worn for special occasions in the mainland Southeast Asian countries of Thailand, Laos and Cambodia.[8]

In Ramayana mythology, Hanuman is a symbol of bravery, cleverness, and power, so the people, when wearing the sompot chong kben, always drop a tail at the back like Hanuman's monkey tail. This practice lead a lot of people to believe that all Indians were guards of Hanuman. The influence of sompot chong kben, known as

Funan by King Kaundinya I.[11]

In the middle of the 13th and 14th centuries, Thai people (from Sukhothai Kingdom, known as Thailand today) and Lao people (from Lan Xang, known as Lao today) had adopted the wearing of sompot chong kben from Khmer.[12] They considered it superior for enjoying the special occasions, and useful for royalty or monarchy in their local royal palace, the Thai people and Lao people had used sompot chong kben in a similar way.[13][10]

Images

  • Photograph of Prince Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and his two younger brother wearing chong kraben in 1851
    Photograph of Prince Chulalongkorn (Rama V) and his two younger brother wearing chong kraben in 1851
  • Photograph of a 19th century Siamese boatman, photographed by John Thomson
    Photograph of a 19th century Siamese boatman, photographed by John Thomson
  • Photograph of Queen Saovabha Phongsri, principal consort to King Chulalongkorn
    Photograph of Queen Saovabha Phongsri, principal consort to King Chulalongkorn
  • 6th century Khmer depiction of Balarama wearing Sompot Chong Kben from Phnom Da temple, Angkor Borei, Takeo, Cambodia. Now exhibits in National Museum of Cambodia.
    6th century Khmer depiction of
    Takeo, Cambodia. Now exhibits in National Museum of Cambodia
    .
  • Khmer woman wearing Sompot Chong Kben
    Khmer woman wearing Sompot Chong Kben
  • A Khmer traditional dancer in Sompot Chong Kben
    A Khmer traditional dancer in Sompot Chong Kben
  • Khmer royal ladies wearing Sompot Chong Kben and Sbai in the mid-1800s.
    Khmer royal ladies wearing Sompot Chong Kben and
    Sbai
     in the mid-1800s.
  • Mannequins wearing Sompot Chong Kben at the Royal Palace of Cambodia
    Mannequins wearing Sompot Chong Kben at the Royal Palace of Cambodia

See also

References

  1. ^ "SEAlang Dictionary". www.sealang.net. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  2. ^ "Everything You Need to Know About Traditional Thai Dresses". Amazing Thailand. Men and women alike wear Chong Kben, a lower-body silk wrap-around garment adopted from Cambodia.
  3. doi:10.1353/sen.2019.0003
    . Retrieved 18 February 2020.
  4. ^ "SEAlang Dictionary". www.sealang.net. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  5. ^ "SEAlang Dictionary". www.sealang.net. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  6. ^ "SEAlang Dictionary". www.sealang.net. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  7. ^ "SEAlang Dictionary". www.sealang.net. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
  8. ^ *Sereysothera Archived November 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  9. ^ "តើខ្មែរប្រើប្រាស់សម្លៀកបំពាក់ពីពេលណា?". Archived from the original on 2009-08-18. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  10. ^ a b Nadeem, Zuha (2019-10-01). "Traditional Thai Clothing-16 Beautiful Outfits From Thailand". Outfit Trends - Ideas How to Wear & What to Wear. Retrieved 2020-03-09.
  11. ^ "Sompot Chong Kben". Archived from the original on 2012-02-26. Retrieved 2009-09-04.
  12. ^ Highlights, Asia. "Thai Traditional Dress". Asia Highlights. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
  13. ^ "ខ្មែរស្លៀកសំពត់ចងក្បិនពីពេលណាមក ?".
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