Staring Contests
Wednesday, November 2nd, 2005Has anyone ever played this game called “stare at the barang“? (Barang means foriegner in Khmer). Cambodians love to play this game. It involves them sitting or standing in one place and watching every movement you make with intense concentration. The barang loses when he/she wigs out after being stared at for too long. The barang wins if he/she does or says something purposefully to make the Cambodian laugh. It is not a difficult game to master. I am sure it is played in many other parts of the world, particularly developing ones.
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Neil