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Preah Vesamdor, the last Jataka

"Preah Vesamdor / Moha Vessandor Cheadok" performed on Cambodian Cultural Day, March 5, 2007, Chaktomuk Conference Hall, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

The role of Chou Chourk is performed by Khoun Vuthy

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vessantara:
The tale of Prince Vessantara is celebrated as an annual festival in Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Sri Lanka and Cambodia. Full moon day of the 12th lunar month (2017 March 12, 2018 March 31).

• Chor Chanthyda, "An Analysis of the Trickster Archetype as Represented by the Rabbit Character in Khmer Folktales", MoA Thesis, Phnom Penh 2004
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• Cowell, Edward Byled, (ed.) "The Jātaka: or Stories of the Buddha’s Former Births", vol. 6, Oxford 1995, The Pali Text Society, p.246-305
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• Dupaigne, Bernard and Khing Hoc Dy "Les plus anciennes peintures dates du Cambodge: quatorze episodes du Vessantara Jātaka (1877)", Arts Asiatiques, xxxvi: 26- 36. 1981
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• Yok Them, "Mahāvessantara-Jātaka", Phnom Penh: Buddhist Institute, 1944

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