🇰🇭 𝐒𝐛𝐚𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐊𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲

 🇰🇭  𝐒𝐛𝐚𝐢 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐊𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐈𝐧𝐬𝐜𝐫𝐢𝐩𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 & 𝐈𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐨𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐡𝐲

KHMER (CAMBODIA):

𝐒𝐛𝐚𝐢/ 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐢 is a 𝐊𝐡𝐦𝐞𝐫 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐝 (ស្បៃ) referring to a traditional shawl-like garment worn by mostly Khmer women from the past to the present. Sbai is considered a 𝐂𝐚𝐦𝐛𝐨𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐜𝐨𝐬𝐭𝐮𝐦𝐞/ garment.

The term 𝐒𝐛𝐚𝐢/ 𝐒𝐚𝐛𝐚𝐢 appears in many ancient Khmer inscriptions such as inscription K.713 from Preah Ko temple, dated to 892 AD. In this ancient inscription, sacred Sbai "...vrah sbai payah..." was mentioned as a sacred offering to the temple.

The term Sbai is also mentioned in several ancient Khmer inscriptions, such as inscription K.669 from Prasat Kompos, dated 972 AD, inscription K.188 from Koh Ker temples, and other ancient inscriptions.

Ancient Khmer iconography from Funan (1-6th century), Chenla (6-9th century), Angkor/ Khmer Empire (9-15th century), Longvek, and post-Angkorian Cambodia also depicted many deities and figures wearing Sbai.

Sbai has been part of the daily costume of Khmer people, especially women, from ancient times to the present day and is considered a Cambodian national costume and a must-worn costume in traditional Cambodian wedding ceremonies. 

NOTE: Sbai/Sabai is frequently claimed by ex-tre-mist and fake-history-learning -𝐓 𝐇 𝐀 𝐈- peo-ple! 😅