Khmer women and their lifestyle in Cambodia

In Khmer dynasty women always used to take prominent places. Almost all trades or deals were carried out by women. It has been seen that at that time there were no shops in the market place. The female vendors used to spread mats on the ground and sell their products and goods.
There was no free space in the market and the payment was given to the officials. The Khmer people were not used to use any chair and table in their house. They also did not have the bucket or the bowl.

Food was cooked in the earthen pots and the same pot was used for boiling rice and also for preparing soup. Coconut shells were used to make the ladle sticks whereas the soups were served in a tiny bowl. The bowl was made up from the woven leaves so that soup does not leak from the bowl.

Bayon provided with some relief carvings and these contribute further views along with the Zhou Daguan’s description. You can easily imagine the colorful scene of the market. Two bulls were seen to pull the ox cart. Some of the common people carry their belongings on the head while for the dignitaries servants were there.

Some people liked horse riding. Well-dressed foreigners walking along the common people can be seen in the carvings. In the Angkor Empire, the houses and palaces were made up on unendurable stuffs such as thatched leaves and woods. Some of the Khmer temples were built from stones and bricks.

During that era, the Angkor’s capital such that the noteworthy Khmer temples like Angkor Thom and Angkor Wat must be encircled by the wooden houses. Some of the houses were having tiles on the roof while the other ones were with thatch-leaves. As the houses were prepared with woods or thatched leaves there are no traces today. Only the memory and the temples remain.