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Ethnic minority literature
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 Ethnic minority literature is oral in nature. The Jarai, Rhade (or Ede) and Pnong in particular preserve a rich corpus of epic poems which have been passed down from generation to generation through the ancient art of sung storytelling. Delivered during festivals and other special occasions by village elders who learned the ancient tales by heart, these poems serve to teach morality as well as to perpetuate the various proverbs, myths, legends and cosmology associated with each ethnic group.
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Ethnic minority architecture
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 Outside the cities, both ethnic Khmer and ethnic Cham live in villages of 20-150 stilted single-roomed houses with exterior and partition walls made of palm mats or wood, and floors of woven bamboo strips resting on bamboo joists.
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Ethnic minority crafts
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 Craft production has long been one of the most important functional aspects of material culture amongst Cambodia’s ethnic groups. Some ethnic crafts are of ritual origin, but most are produced for domestic use.
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Ethnic minority music and dance
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 The ethnic Cham community of Cambodia no longer has an active tradition of performing arts. In contrast, several Chinese community associations in Cambodia have Lion Dance teams which perform during Lunar New Year and other Chinese festivals.
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Overview of ethnic diversity in Cambodia
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 Figures on the ethnic make-up of Cambodian society are somewhat difficult to determine, and the most recent population census in 1998 did not address the question of ethnicity. However it is thought that ethnic Khmers - drawn from the Eastern Mon-Khmer group of the Mon-Khmer language family - make up around 96 per cent of Cambodia's total population.
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