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Bay Khom is a mancala game played by children in rural or urban areas during their free time in Cambodia. It is also much played during Chol Chnam Thmey (Cambodian New Year) to transform the dullest days into a memorable occasion. Bay Khom is probably related to Ô Ăn Quan (Vietnam) and mancala games in Yunnan (China). Similar games may also exist in Laos. The board is either dug in the ground or cut into a board. The counters are small beads, stones or fruit seeds.

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  • Bay Khom is a mancala game played by children in rural or urban areas during their free time in Cambodia. It is also much played during Chol Chnam Thmey (Cambodian New Year) to transform the dullest days into a memorable occasion. Bay Khom is probably related to Ô Ăn Quan (Vietnam) and mancala games in Yunnan (China). Similar games may also exist in Laos. The board is either dug in the ground or cut into a board. The counters are small beads, stones or fruit seeds.
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  • Bay Khom is a mancala game played by children in rural or urban areas during their free time in Cambodia. It is also much played during Chol Chnam Thmey (Cambodian New Year) to transform the dullest days into a memorable occasion. Bay Khom is probably related to Ô Ăn Quan (Vietnam) and mancala games in Yunnan (China). Similar games may also exist in Laos. In the west the game was first mentioned in the journal "Buddhism & Khmer Society" published by the Buddhikasamāgam Khmaer (Khmer Buddhist Research Center) and the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung, Bonn (Germany), in 1990. The Cambodian poet Yim Guechsè who lives in Berlin (Germany) wrote in 2008 the poem Hun Sen Leng Bay Khom ("Hun Sen [the Prime Minister of Cambodia] plays cheating Bay Khom"). There is even a cartoon by Bun Heang Ung ("Sacrava") that shows the cheating politician. The board is either dug in the ground or cut into a board. The counters are small beads, stones or fruit seeds.
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