Gordon sent me this picture that I never saw while researching the book, Hand-Painted Signs of Kratie. It is from Roka Kandal, just South of Kratie town, and reads ‘Repair Television, Tape Player, VCD’ (VCDs are Video CDs). Like Gordon…
Tag: Ratanakiri
On the Screens of Cambodia’s Hand-Painted Signs
Posted in Enthusiasts, Individual Signs, Sign Features Tagged with: Bantaey Minchaey, Cambodia, Computer, Gordon Congdon, Kampong Cham, Khmer, Kratie, Mobile Phone, Phnom Penh, Ratanakiri, Roka Kandal, TV
White rabbits on Cambodian signs
White rabbits make an unusually frequent appearance on hand-painted signs in Cambodia. The one above is from the Yeak Loam lake in Ban Lung, Ratanakiri. It turns out that the white rabbit is a symbol of good luck in Cambodia,…
Posted in Sign Features Tagged with: Ban Lung, Cambodia, Khmer, Kratie, Rabbit, Ratanakiri, White Rabbit, Yeak Loam
