The jeeb hand position was inscribed on the wall of the Cambodian ancient temples since the 8th century, long before the Thai kingdom came into being in the 13th century.
The Phuket News - Friday, 19th Aug 2011
PHUKET: With troops withdrawing as tensions have eased between Thailand and Cambodia over the disputed Preah Vihear temple, a new irritant stirring nationalist sentiments is the ownership of the jeep, a graceful hand position that is part of traditional dance and shadow plays of both countries: Who owns the jeep?
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) is likely to consider the origins of the jeeb – a hand position where the thumb touches the index finger and the three other fingers are fanned out, according to the Sydney Morning Herald.
New Thai Culture Minister Sukumol Kunplome has made ownership of the jeeb a priority.
In 2008 Cambodia listed Khmer shadow theatre on UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity, along with the Royal Ballet of Cambodia, also known as Khmer Classical Dance. The list included Khmer hand gestures, including the jeeb.
Ms Sukumol has been advised that Thailand can also register the jeeb and other shadow plays with UNESCO.
"This is the first mission and we will proceed urgently because people are interested," Ms Sukumol said. "They are part of the Thai cultural heritage, so if another country has registered them, we have to find a solution."
Ms Sukumol said the jeeb has been used widely to promote Thai culture and it would be controversial if it was branded "Cambodian".
To pursue its claim, Thailand will have to first become a member of UNESCO’s Convention for the Safeguarding of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
Meanwhile, tensions have eased over Preah Vihear after the installation last week of the six-party coalition Government led by Yingluck Shinawatra, the younger sister of former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra, who is living in exile in Dubai.
Thailand and Cambodia have agreed to convene a committee to discuss the Preah Vihear dispute over which the two countries have fought each other numerous times.
Thai soldiers had been killed and thousands of villagers were displaced by armed clashes at the temple and another disputed border zone earlier this year.
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Thailand knows where it was originated from. All of the royal dancers that you took with you when you invaded Cambodia and taught all Khmer culture to Siame so you should know where the origin come from. Don't play dumb. Just be truthful to self; it is ok to glorify Khmer culture because back then it was the empire throughout southeast asia. Thailand should teach kids the real story of Southeast Asia empire. Teach them where the Mauy Thai originated, teach them where the yantra tatoo come from, teach them the writing on the yantra tatoo is cambodian writing. Teach them that part of Thailand was Khmer.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Prehistoric Thailand may be traced back as far as 1,000,000 years ago from the fossils and stone tools found in northern and western Thailand, an archaeological site in Lampang, northern Thailand. Homo erectus fossils, Lampang Man, dating back to between 1,000,000 – 500,000 years, have been discovered. Stone tools have been widely found in Kanchanaburi, Ubon Ratchathani, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Lopburi etc. Many prehistoric cave-paintings have also been found in these regions, dating back 10,000 years.
According to (parts of this) article,Thais had deposited shits on SE Asia long long long time ago! shouldn't have they been the one who develop and design Jeep Liberty, oops I meant Jeeb Dance ?
I forgot to leave the link but here it is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prehistoric_Thailand
4:29 PM, Wikipedia articles are written by amateurish writers, anyone can write it- even you and me. If you quote a source from wikipedia for your school assignments you will likely to get zero mark.
History tells us that the T'ai people (Thai) migrated from Nanchao (Yunan) to northern Thailand in 1296 and its expanded to its present day as the Khmer Empire began to crumble and shrunk to its present-day size due to internal fighting.
By just looking at ancient Khmer temples, which dotted throughout present-day Thailand, people know that the ancient Khmer Empire covered much of present-day Thailand. Thailand's Phnom Rung, Phimai temples etc, are all Khmer temples.
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