(Written by Ty Theavy, edited by Jessica Hermsen from
Holland)
This is a dwelling place for hunters. It is called
Damnak Prean. Dom Nak is the Cambodian language. It means the dwelling in
English. Prean means the hunters who stay overnight here. This shelter is not
only for the hunters, but it was also used for the loggers during deforestation
time in the 1990s. So since then this place was changed to the name Domnake
Phnhiev. Phniev means the guests because; at that time the loggers did not come
from surround here, but they came from Combodiawide. This place is 5 Kilometers
from the mountain cavern of Roung Phnom. It is a good place for the hunter
because there is available water to use in all seasons from a stream nearby.
Some villager said that this place have been utilized for a long time. He said
that a long time ago there was an old age person camped at this place to farm a
Cannabis indica platation nearby. But later on this planting is prohabited
because Cannabis indica is the raw material which can be produced into the
addictive drug. This dwelling place called Domnak Phnhiev because some people
see that around here there are a lot of Burmese grape trees. Burmese grape also
means Phnhiev in cambodian language. In this place you can see elephants as
well.
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