Cambodian Cultural Village

Cambodian Cultural Village

ភូមិវប្បធម៌កម្ពុជា

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Cambodian Cultural Village is located along National Road No. 6, the road to the airport, and address in Svay Dangkum Village, Krus Commune, Siem Reap Province. It is easy to recognize as its symbol which with decoration of waterwheel at the main gate. Cambodia cultural village cover a total area of 210,000 square meters.

Cambodia cultural village is a theme park which was started the construction in 2001, and opened its door for public on 24 September 2003. Inside this amusement park, there are several important historical buildings and structures presenting with miniature versions such as Royal Palace, National Museum, Central Market, Wat Phnom, and so on. According to the information from Cambodian cultural village, there are eleven unique villages, representing the varied culture heritage of nineteen ethnic groups. At each village are wood house, carving in stone, traditional performances in different styles such as Apsara dancing, performances of ethnic minorities from north-east of Cambodia, traditional wedding ceremony, circus, folk games, peacock dancing, acrobats, elephant shows, and more.  

Cambodia cultural village also has a wax museum displaying scenes from culture and history such as living activities of ethnic groups, Khmer family, war scene, scene of Preah Neang Soma (Liv Yi), and more. This wax museum also displays some famous public figures such as Samdach Choun Nath, Samdach Penn Nouth, King Ang Duong, Phirum Ngoy, pop star Sin Sisamuth, researcher from China – Chiv Ta Kvan and a lot more.

Cambodia cultural village is popular with Cambodian and other Asian visitors