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The chapter also covers the formal sampeah kru ceremony, a salutation to the spirits and teachers of the dance, and the informal rituals dancers may do individually before a performance, as they seek protection and guidance through the offering of incense, candles, fruit, and prayers.
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Although she can seem rather intimidating I found myself simultaneously curtsying and putting my hands together and bowing my head in the sampeah, the traditional gesture of respect, every time we met or said goodbye, her smile is very sweet and she has an easy way with people.
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Students make offerings to the spirits of past generations of artists in the traditional sampeah kru ceremony before the beginning of the Festival.
KI Media Heng Soy 2010
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The sampeah kru remains central to the lives of Cambodia’s classical dancers today.
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Cambodian version of the Ramayana sakti female aspect of Brahmanical gods; female power sampeah kmouch ceremony of saluting the ancestors’ wherein a couple who have offended the meba ask for forgiveness sampot traditional skirt made from patterned silk or cotton sampuor a fruit used by women to wash their hair in the Middle period
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