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Palm sugar boiling and mould-filling

Also known as ស្ករត្នោត

Palm sugar boiling and mould-filling: photograph by Gerd Eichmann
Photo: Gerd Eichmann, CC BY-SA 4.0, source on Wikimedia Commons

Climb the sugar palm, collect sap, boil to caramel, pour into moulds and sell batches in a rural market.

Heritage note

Part of the living heritage of Cambodia.

Origins

A living tradition passed from person to person; it is not tied to a single dated origin. It belongs to the cultural world of Southeast Asia and the Islands.

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