Smot (chanting)

Smot chanting, or smot (Khmer: ស្មូត or ស្មូតរ) is a traditional form of Buddhist chanting in Cambodia. Smot is chanted at funerals and other ceremonies, and includes songs about the Buddha's life.[1] The texts used in smot are in Pali and Khmer.

This article is about the traditional form of Buddhist chant in Cambodia. For other uses, see Smot (disambiguation).

One famous chanter of smot was the monk Hun Horm (1924-2007) (later known as Hun Kang).[2] Young artists who carry on the tradition are Sinat Nhok, and Pheuan Srey Peu (or Phoeun Srey Pov).[3] Pheuan Srey Peu has studied with Prom Uth and Professor Yan Borin.[4]

The Cambodia Living Arts group seeks young people to study with the few remaining older masters of the art form.[5]

Presentations of smot have been given at the Khmer Arts Academy in Long Beach, California.[6]

See also

References
  1. "Smot Poetry Chanting". Cambodian Living Arts. 2014-01-22. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  2. "Smot - Preah Trey Leak Sang Khep by Hun Horm -". khmer24h.net. 2013-01-04. Archived from the original on 2014-07-14. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  3. Cambodian Poetry and Smot National Tour, April 2010 Archived 2014-07-14 at the Wayback Machine
  4. "KI Media: Pheuan Srey Peu: The master of "smot"". KI-Media. 2008-12-28. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  5. "Keeping an endangered Buddhist art form alive". Deutsche Welle - The Storytellers. 2014-04-06. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
  6. "Smot Music in Long Beach". Webbed Feet, Web Log » Blog Archive » I’m with the band. 2009-04-18. Retrieved 2014-07-04.
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