Pop Culture:
These images represent Cambodian Popular Culture. The first image is of the Cambodian Football Team. Football (American Soccer) has become very popular in last few decades in Cambodia, rivaling the other popular sport(s) martial arts. The increase in popularity of Football may be due to the increased globalization and more so-called westernization of Asia and other Eastern areas. The addition of football to Cambodian popular culture may also be due to football's accessibility as "The World's Sport." The second image is of Sinn Sisamouth. Sisamouth was a singer-songwriter who was incredibly influential in Khmer culture. Sisamouth created many songs that were popular in Asia. Sisamouth and other artists of his time were very popular and had noticable western influence. Most artists, , and others were murderd by the Khmer Rouge in the 1970's and Sisamouth was no exception to this despite his ties with both the previous government and the Khmer Rouge. In conclusion, Cambodian popular culture is heavily influenced by globalization and is just beginning to emerge.