Sampeah – The Cambodian way to greet
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There are 5 ways of Khmer Greeting Style. We're all Khmer, so we should have known it such as :
1. Chest Level ( Friends )
2. Mouth Level ( Boss, Older Person )
3. Nose Level ( Parents, Teacher )
4. Eyebrow Level ( King, Monk )
5. Forehead Level ( Praying, God )
The Sampeah is a Cambodian traditionally greeting style or way of showing respect. While performing the salutation or mutual recognition “Sampeah”, people have to raise both hands, places our palms together in the lotus-like fashion while bowing slightly. The word often spoken with the Sampeah when greeting to somebody is Chumreap Suor, while Chumreap Lea is spoken when saying goodbye.
Sampeah
Although the Sampeah is a form of greeting, it is also a common way to say thanks or apologize and is an important part of Khmer culture which is heavily influenced by Indian Hindu/Buddhist culture. There are five level of greeting in Cambodian culture include: forehead level (praying, Deva, Brahma, God, Buddha), eyebrow level (King, Monks, Sacred Objects), nose level (Parents, Grandparents, Teachers), mouth level (Bosses, Older persons, Higher rank persons) and chest level (Friends or same-age persons).
Chest Level: People of the equal age or friend or rank ought to respect each other by placing the budding lotus hands at the chest.
Mouth Level: A younger person or lower in rank ought to respect an older person or higher in rank by placing the budding lotus hands at the mouth.
Nose Level: Children and grandchildren or students to respect their parents and grandparents or teacher by placing the budding lotus hands at the nose.
Eyebrow Level: People to respect the monks, King, and Sacred objects by placing the budding lotus hands at the eyebrow.
Forehead Level: People to respect the God, Brahma, Buddha, or praying.
When praying to the Buddha, the person places his palms together close to his or her face and bring his or her hands toward the ground three times. Customarily, the higher the hands are held and the lower the bow, the more respect is conveyed. Except when meeting elderly people or government officials, between men, this custom has been practically replaced by the handshake. Women usually greet both men and women with the same traditional greeting. Even though it may be considered acceptable for foreigners to shake hands with Cambodian, it is more appropriate to respect the custom and respond with a “Chumreap Suor”.
Sampeah – The Cambodian way to greet
Every place has its own way to greet somebody. In many Western countries a shake of the hands or a kiss might do the trick. In Japan, a bow can determine levels of respect and formality. In Taiwan they usually start with “have you eaten?” while in Benin they snap their fingers as they shake hands. Many people know that in this region of the world, many Southeast Asians put their hands together in prayer gesture and greet each other. In Cambodia, although it seems simple enough to carry out, there are traditional complexities that say much more than words could express while performing “the sampeah”, Cambodia’s local greeting.
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Coded slight? In November 2012, Cambodia’s First Lady greeted the president with a posture typically used only with servants.
A couple years ago during some bilateral tension, Obama’s visit to Cambodia came with a stern message to Prime Minister Hun Sen about democracy. However, much of the media attention was focused on an alleged diss by Cambodia’s first lady through a subtle but locally understood use of the sampeah that would indicate Obama at the level of a servant. Whether or not you think this was intentional, it’s important to understand the dynamics of the sampeah!
The sampeah is officialised enough to the extent that there are public service instructions indicating how to hold your hands together and bow depending on who you are greeting and what your position is in relation to him or her. When greeting, you say “choum reap suor”. On departure, you use “choum reap lear”. Essentially you hold your hands in the shape of a lotus flower at a level that determines respect for the other person. The Obama-servant incident portrays First Lady Bun Rany’s hands low and far from her body.
Here are the standard levels of greeting in sampeah style:
When greeting friends who have the same age, place both palms together at chest level
When greeting your boss, an older person or higher ranking people, place both palms together at mouth level.
When greeting your parents, grandparents or teacher, place both palms together at nose level.
When greeting the king or Buddhist monks, place both palms together at eyebrow level.
When praying to Buddha or any sacred statues, place both palms together at the forehead level.
So I hope you can properly greet when you come visit me in Cambodia and just in case you need some more visual guidance, check out this cute video by students to teach foreigners how to successfully perform the sampeah!
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