Khmer shadow theatre

Khmer shadow theatre (Khmer: ល្ខោនណាំងស្បែក; Lakhaon Nang Sbek; ) nyɛla shilinshihi deen shɛŋa bɛ ni mali gbana "puppets" shilinshihi dɛmda. Di balibu dibaa ayi din beni n nyɛ Sbek Thom, din niŋdi ni Reamker, ni Sbek Toch, din niŋdi "puppets" bihi mini lahabali bɔbigu. Bali shɛli din lahi pahi n nyɛ Sbek Por din niŋdi ni gbana "puppets" din mali ko'balibu.  Cambodia shilinshihi dɛma ŋmanila shilinshihi dɛma din be Thailand (Nang yai mini Nang talung), Indonesia (Wayang mini Wayang kulit). Cambodia tiŋgbani ni, shilinshii dɛma maa yuli m-booni  Nang Sbek Thom, bee ka bɛ ŋmaali jia bolli Sbek Thom (din gbunni nyɛ "large leather hide"), Sbek Touch ("small leather hide") ni Sbek Por ("colored leather hide").

Dɛma din niŋ bayana n nyɛ Ramayana mini Mahabharata yɛltɔɣatamalisi, n ti pahi Hindu nadaa yɛltɔɣa nima din pahi. Lala dɛma ŋɔ dɛmbu chanimi ni "pinpeat orchestra".

Sbek Thom mɛmi n tam Cambodia dini din nyɛ Indian yɛltɔɣatamalisi Ramayana, yɛltɔɣatamalisi lahabali din yari din viɛli mini din be yɛla Rama, Sita, Lakshmana, Hanuman ni Ravana. 

Cambodian shilinshihi "puppets" nyɛla bɛ ni zaŋ naɣ'gbana mali shɛli, ka di tooi zooi za'kara. Kamai nJavanese taba, Cambodia shilinshihi "puppets" dii bi tooi zooi ka di laɣim binyɛra pam, ka di che ka di nubihi bi damda, ka lahi ka nahingbaŋ (kom) shɛli, gbaŋ maa nahingbaŋ ka di mali. Shilinshia "puppet" malibu sheei n nyɛ Roluos din baɣi Siem Reap.

"Sbek Thom binyɛra din bi ŋmani "puppets" ka di daliri nyɛla di timsi mi, ka di binshɛɣu bi damda. Sbek Touch, zaŋ ŋmahindi ni, nyɛla din pɔra ka damda; bɛ dɛma n tooi niŋ bayana. Sbek Thom shilinshii dɛma tooi zooya ka "puppeteers" laɣim wari wahi diɣi nj, ka "puppeteer" kam dɛmdi Ramayana yaɣ'yini, ka lahabali kahigiriba tiri lahabali maa ka "orchestra" doli li.

Lihi pahi
Shadow play
Theatre of Cambodia
Wayang

Kundivihira
Theatre in Southeast Asia, by James R. Brandon (Cambridge, MA Harvard University Press 1967)
Theatre in the East, by Faubion Bowers (New York T. Nelson 1956)
The Cambridge Guide to Theater, by Martin Banham (Cambridge University Press)
Dictionary of Traditional Southeast Asian Theatre by Ghulam-Sarwar Yousof.(Oxford University Press. 1994.)

External links
Nang Sbek (Shadow Theatre)
UNESCO - Sbek Thom: Khmer Shadow Theater
The Kok Thlok Theatre Company

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Category:Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity
Category:Shadow play
Category:Puppetry in Cambodia