Oh Phnom Penh!

#GENOCIDE EDUCATION IN CAMBODIA
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Oh! Phnom Penh
Written by Comrade Keo Chenda
Music arrangement by Comrade Chey Sophea
Sung by Comrade Neary So Channy in the style of Lao Leuk
The song belongs to the heritage of the Cambodian People’s Party

Recorded by The Documentation Center of Cambodia
Singer/Violinist: Cheam Chansovannary
Studio: Women Media Center, Phnom Penh
Record Assistant: Sann Kalyan
Translation: Youk Chhang
Copyrighted 2002 by #DCCAM

[@user-ce5rd8rc7z]

หดหู่ใจเศร้าใจ.. กับเหตุการณ์ที่โลกจะไม่มีวันลืม😭😧

[@nickdavidelijah]

A beautiful song for a beautiful country. Wish the best for people of Cambodia. Love from Sydney xx

[@pbc5137]

I can truly feel the heartbreak every Cambodian would go through watching this. Truly a tragedy that could have been avoided.

[@ziarrek]

A beautiful song; I heard it during my recent visit to Phnom Penh. it's happy and sad at the same time... quite unique. I wish the Khmer nation fast development and strength to collectively fight corruption, which is a great hindrance for a nation's success. Only this way can Cambodia regain the splendor of the ancient Angkor empire, which is so proudly referenced in this song.

[@angah82]

The most heartbreaking shot in the entire film is seeing those photographs of a mother and her child just scattered all over the floor, presumably the floor of the empty house they used to reside in before they were forcibly evacuated. After that... they just vanished, never to be seen again.

[@jonathanhughes6703]

Stunning

[@runsophanith7762]

A beautiful voice with pain and missing inside. Listen this song by your heart.

[@kaknikakan8823]

ទីក្រុងគុជប្រែទៅជាទីក្រុងខ្មោច ប្រទេសមួយដែលធ្លាប់តែរុងរឿងប្រែក្លាយទៅជាប្រទេសក្រីក្រ ប្រជាជនដែលធ្លាប់តែពោរពេញទៅដោយចំណេះដឹង បែរធ្លាក់ប្រែឈ្មោះថាជាប្រទេសសំបូរជនអនាថារ អ្នកសុំទាន ក្មេងបែកស្លុយ។ ឱ! កម្ពុជាអឺយ។

[@Jo-jd4bi]

Brave Cambodian people. ( From Brazil) 🙏🙏🙏👍👍👍

[@TheMysteryMachine]

so much soul. you don't even have to know the words for it to make you cry.

[@user-rt4dt7iv1c]

โชคดี ที่พ่อเป็นทหาร. รู้กาลล่วงหน้า. พาหนีมาไทยก่อน . ฟังเพลงแล้วเศร้าบทเพลง หางเสียงไพเราะจับใจ

[@tatalatatala1234]

ยุทธิพงษ์ ทองอินเทร์ โชคดีมากพี่ชายมีพ่อเป็นทหาร. ขอโทษค่ะพีชายและครบครัวเป็นคนกัมพูชาใด้จากใน้สมัยสงคร้ามไปประเทษไทยไชไม่? ทุกวันพี่ชายและครบครัวอยู่ประเท ษไทยไชไม่?

[@bhasakhmer]

ដោយកង្វះសេចក្ដីស្មោះត្រង់ ខ្មែរបានបំបាត់រឿងពិតច្រើនយ៉ាងហើយសាងរឿងថ្មី ដើម្បីក្បត់គ្នានិងកេងយកប្រយោជន៍ពីគ្នា ពិសេសនៅសម័យក្រោយរបបខ្មែរក្រហម។ ក្រោយរបបខ្មែរក្រហម មានរឿងពិតច្រើន ដែលគេមិននិយាយនិងធ្វើដូចជាគ្មានរឿងបែបនោះ។ សម្ដី របស់លោក ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ និងកូនស្រី របស់លោក កែវ ចិន្តា មានហេតុផលគួរឲ្យជឿច្រើនជាងអ្នកផ្សេងៗថា បទចម្រៀង ឱ ! ភ្នំពេញអើយ ជាស្នាដៃរួមគំនិតឬរួមយោបល់គ្នាច្រើននាក់ ដែលមានលោក ប៉ែន សុវណ្ណ ផង នៅក្នុងនោះ។

[@stardusters_]

A beautiful nation with the most awesome people ever…its depressing how we could’ve had everything if it wasn’t for the war…

[@kennydurkin]

Beautiful. Sad and beautiful.

[@franckboileau3999]

que j'aime cette chanson

[@javi_2022]

How many suffering was suffered by the Cambodian people. You can see the Pochentong airport absolutely alone. Nobody in the streets. April 1975.

[@hanksam9854]

Great footage. What year is this from? My guess is 1979 when people were starting to return to an empty city? I find very little to no footage of the evacuation in 1975 or during the years 1976-78. Note the abandoned Texaco station.

[@KdamSamout]

My grandparents been through that 😢

[@TheMysteryMachine]

never forget and hug them often

[@ruudvanderkolk9374]

Amazing...

[@LosoIAm]

Hi, I would like to use the video and singing from this video clip. I need your permission; please confirm. Thanks and regards.

[@franckboileau3999]

très belle air et triste à la fois

[@AShaw-bd4fy]

Long live Cambodia

[@javi_2022]

This film shows Phnom Penh after being taked for khemer Rouge, when all people was forced to leave the city.

[@chendanao5184]

When I hear this song , I always crying , to sad during khmer rouge killing .

[@user-nf6gr9bm4r]

that is khmer communist !

[@user-ce5rd8rc7z]

ภาวนา🙏🙏ขออย่าได้เกิดขึ้นอีกเลยนะครับ😳มนุษย์ทำกับมนุษย์กันถึงเพียงนี้😔😔

[@1thewinner196]

😥😥😥

[@theoryianabsolute8777]

This is because of ideology we create, don't pray, try to work on yourself to not end up like people who made this horror to others

[@hebneh]

This makes me wonder what happened when people were able to return to the empty city. All of the property that had been owned by people who had been killed - houses, apartments, stores - what happened to it? Did the government try to identify possible relatives who could claim it? Or did others just move in and keep it?

[@sodanoutang6303]

My dad told me that when you came back to Phnom Penh, you are free to own any property. You can just go in some random house and live in it and also call it yours.

[@KhmerKandal]

All went to Vietnam and China

[@maosengheng523]

You can live anywhere u want. Its free. Most of this abandoned houses and villas are filled with valuebles(mostly gold and diamond jewels).

[@VoltenInternational-company168]

😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@anhnamky6697]

CAMBODIA thank you the / UNHCR / so much

[@nicolaslopezfors2810]

As someone who isn't of cambodian origin I wonder if someone of you cambodians can tell me if this song is from the khmer rouge era or after?

[@TavQ486]

After khmer rough fall and people were returning back to Phnom Penh

[@lyhourchhen8033]

Khmer still suffer from past till today ! 😓

[@longbao9375]

campuchia thank you the ú and /unhcr /

[@joej2266]

Why did you let it happen?

[@chhunyi6040]

Sad

[@user-zp1dn4xy1s]

តើគាត់ឈ្មោះអី អ្នកច្រៀងនឹង

[@thomasksatriagurkha7]

Ada lirik lagu dan terjemahan

[@thomasksatriagurkha7]

25.07.2023

[@user-zz3kc5dl9y]

Say no to communism & dictatorship !

[@paradoxicalpotato8927]

Wasn't Vietnamese communism what ended the brutal Pol Pot regime?

[@pierre-marie.galmiche]

its so sad why khmer rouge why!