How to Sleep and Walk?

Subject: How to Sleep and Walk? 13th August 2007, 1:01 pm

Every culture trains its children to become good members of society in order to insure harmony, peace, and stability. Cambodian parents teach their children how to sleep and walk. For the parents, the values below capture the essence of a well-mannered Cambodian.

How to Sleep

You must wake up before sunrise or you are lazy.
Sleeping places in the home are determined according to status. (Cambodian families often live in one or two rooms, and everyone sleeps on the same bed, a large slatted wooden platform about eight- or ten-feet suare. The parents sleep at the "head" end and the youngest children sleep at the "foot".)

How to Walk

Tell people where you are going and when you are coming back. (This is important to show respect to others and to keep them from being embarrassed if someone asks and they don't know where you are.)
If someone of higher status is passing you, bend lower (from the waist) than that person.
Don't make sounds with your skirt when you walk.
Don't wear shoes or hats when you enter a house or temple.
Close doors softly when you go through them.
When you meet someone on the street, ask where they are going.

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Subject: Re: How to Sleep and Walk? 13th August 2007, 2:12 pm

oh really.........

be good friends never look down on others............
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Subject: Re: How to Sleep and Walk? 13th August 2007, 9:11 pm

Hello nearikhmer thanks for sharing the idea,I thinks every culture is importance to opptaince thier cultures. It's according to the everyday life as a human we needs to opptaince one or the others for example khmer alway teach their children to respect an adult or elderly event walk or sleep and stand ,I thinks that is the sronger back ground culters inclode Loa,Thai .

Subject: Re: How to Sleep and Walk? 14th August 2007, 1:11 am

La'or nas jah. Thanks for sharing this topic. Your health is good nas heuy merl tov cuz u know how to sleep and walk.

Subject: Re: How to Sleep and Walk? 14th August 2007, 2:52 pm

Subject: Re: How to Sleep and Walk? 14th August 2007, 2:54 pm

thanks everyone for stopping by.
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"Sweet words are easy to say, Sweet things are easy to buy, but Sweet people are difficult to find. Life ends when you stop breathing, Hope ends when you stop believing, Love ends when you stop caring, and Friendship ends when you stop sharing"