Official language:
Khmer

Other languages:
English
French

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• Family oriented, but due to many war casualties, fictive kinship practiced
  3 generations frequently live in one house .
• Elders are key in decision making .
• Polite, quiet, obedient children are the norm .
• Adults and children may wear string or chain around neck with amulet containing Buddhist transcription for protection – do not remove either without permission
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• Buddhism .
• Death faced by family in quiet, passive manner .
• Incense may be burned .
• Family, monks may wash the body down and shroud it in white .
• Unlikely to agree to organ donation or autopsy because they believe in
  reincarnation for which the body must be intact
  Bodies are traditionally creamed
  
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• Sins of past lives and hot/cold imbalance believed to cause physical illness .
• Belief that nutrition is important to prevent illness, but not physical activity .
• Uncomfortable with giving blood or blood specimen due to heat loss
• Modesty can be an issue with some diagnostic tests
  
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• Rice is a staple, eaten at all three meals .
• Individuals have own bowls and take food from communal bowl
• A Cambodian meal almost always includes a soup, and fish is the nation's mainstay - grilled freshwater fish, wrapped in lettuce or spinach and dipped into a nutty fish sauce, is a particular specialty.
• Salad dishes are flavored with coriander, mint and lemongrass.
  
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• Khmers have called their country Kampuchea (usually rendered Kambuja), since the l6th century. The name is derived from the word kambu-ja, meaning those born of Kambu (a figure of Indian mythology).
  
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