Rom kbach (Khmer: រាំក្បាច់) is a genre of Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style. Rom kbach has a slower emotional melody similar to Thai music, whereas the Chamrieng Samai music category of romvong has a faster tune.
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Rom kbach (Khmer: រាំក្បាច់) is a genre of Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style.
01 · What it is
Music
Vocal, percussive, or instrumental sound tradition carried by community performers.
02 · Where & name
Cambodia
Written in its own script on record as រាំក្បាច់.
03 · How it is doing
□□□□ (Not yet assessed)
Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
1 cited source
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Common Questions Answered on Record
What is rom kbach in plain words?
Rom kbach (Khmer: រាំក្បាច់) is a genre of Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style. In local script on record, it is written រាំក្បាច់.
Where is rom kbach practised or documented?
Sources on this page place rom kbach in Cambodia.
What is the current condition of rom kbach today?
□□□□ (Not yet assessed): Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
How do I cite or share this rom kbach entry?
Cite as: "rom kbach." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/rom-kbach, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
Rom kbach (Khmer: រាំក្បាច់) is a genre of Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style. Rom kbach has a slower emotional melody similar to Thai music, whereas the Chamrieng Samai music category of romvong has a faster tune. The two main cultural dance styles of Cambodia are the romvong and rom kbach, however the lam leav and saravan dance styles are also popular. They have their roots in ancient cultural traditions.
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Rom kbach”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence.
rom kbach is Cambodian popular music and a popular Khmer dance style, according to the structured record cited below. This entry was generated automatically from that record and has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 1
The source record links this tradition to 3 external registers, which can be verified through the citation. 1
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