Cambodia · Basketry / Bamboo Craft
ផ្អោសរទេះ (Poas Roteah)
Khmer bamboo basketry produces agricultural, household and fishing containers including the yeun trei fish trap. The critical technique is the fish trap funnel (yeun trei): an inward-pointing funnel allowing fish to enter but resisting exit. Khmer funnel proportion — three fingers width at opening, one finger at throat — is the functional specification held in oral memory. This is the fourth instance of this fish-trap principle in the database (alongside Khmu CRAFT-0412, Intha CRAFT-0441, Palaung CRAFT-0443), confirming a cross-cultural functional parallel.
Risk level: Endangered · Cambodia national ICH list
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