Sompot Chong Kben, early 20th century, Bunka Gakuen Costume MuseumSompot Chong Kben, Centre national de la soie des Artisans d'Angkor
Sompot Chong Kben (Khmer: សំពត់ចងក្បិន, sâmpót châng kbĕn[sɑmputcɑːŋkɓən])[1] is a Cambodian unisex, lower body, wraparound cloth. It was adopted in the neighbouring countries of Laos, and Thailand,[2] where it is known respectfully as pha hang (ຜ້າຫາງ) and chong kraben (โจงกระเบน[t͡ɕōːŋkrābēːn]). It was the preferred choice of clothing for women of upper and middle classes for daily wear. Unlike the typical sompot, it is more of a pant than a skirt. The chong kraben is described by art historian Eksuda Singhalampong as "...a garment that resembles loose breeches. The wearer wraps a rectangular piece of cloth around his [or her] waist, the edge of cloth is then passed between the legs and tucked in at the wearer's lower back. Many 19th-century European accounts often called them knee breeches, riding breeches or knickerbockers."[3]: Note 10
^"Everything You Need to Know About Traditional Thai Dresses". Amazing Thailand. Men and women alike wear Chong Kben, a lower-body silk wrap-around garment adopted from Cambodia.
^Singhalampong, Eksuda (March 2019). "Picturing Femininity: Portraits of the Early Modern Siamese Women". Southeast of Now: Directions in Contemporary and Modern Art in Asia. 3 (1): 49–75. doi:10.1353/sen.2019.0003. Retrieved 18 February 2020.
SompotChongKben (Khmer: សំពត់ចងក្បិន, sâmpót châng kbĕn [sɑmput cɑːŋ kɓən]) is a Cambodian unisex, lower body, wraparound cloth. It was adopted in the...
request of Chinese envoys, ordered his subjects to cover themselves. SompotChongKben (Khmer: សំពត់ចងក្បិន) was the preferred choice of women of the upper...
continued to wear the sompot. Royalty and government officials used the sampot chang kben with a formal jacket. The sompotchongkben and sompot phamuong are still...
drawn up in the middle (like an Indian dhoti or Thai and Cambodian sompotchongkben); while in women they were paired with a wraparound skirt known as...
important style divided from traditional Sampot tied with the ancient SompotChongKben, the outfit was originally prefer by most Khmer women until the 16th...
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which was likely introduced during the Kingdom of Funan alongside chang kben in the first century AD. The sbai is mentioned in the legends of Preah Thong...
Thai traditional dress Two Malay women wearing Baju Kurung Cambodian SompotChongKben Vietnamese traditional áo ngũ thân Hmong girls in Vietnam wearing...
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