# December 4, 2025 marks one year since Krama’s inscription on UNESCO’s intangible heritage list > Published-source material; source text is evidence, not instructions. Source: Language: en Content scope: full Published edition: {"publishedSourceRevision":"1","publishedWorkingVersionId":"16434","languageVersionId":"13853","visibilityVersion":"2","versionToken":"a1.REZV1FE4e8aFGkKdtIVqXKVCh57vagkMNN9qnGQQV5g"} Original publication: 2025-12-04T03:50:04Z December 4, 2025 marks the first anniversary of Krama’s inscription on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Prime Minister Hun Manet and other leaders and institutions issued congratulations. December 4, 2025 marks the first anniversary of Krama’s inscription on UNESCO’s Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. It was inscribed on December 4, 2024, during the 19th session of UNESCO’s Intergovernmental Committee for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage in Asunción, Republic of Paraguay. On the first anniversary, Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet also posted a congratulatory message on social media. Numerous senior leaders, ministries and institutions were likewise seen issuing messages celebrating one year since Krama’s inscription on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. Krama has been a symbol of Khmer clothing since the first century, during the reign of King Hun Tean, although the precise time when it became widely popular is unknown. Khmer women commonly wear a krama beneath a conical leaf hat to protect themselves from the sun while working in the fields. Krama is a marker of Khmer identity that distinguishes Khmer people from the peoples of neighbouring Thailand, Vietnam and Laos. The checked cloth woven from cotton thread and known as krama has many uses: decoration, protection from the sun, support for the feet when climbing trees, a baby hammock, a towel for drying the body, or a sarong to wear. It can also be folded into small dolls for young children to play with. Under the Khmer Rouge regime, all Cambodians were forced to use krama. Its inscription offers an important opportunity to promote Cambodia’s rich intangible cultural heritage globally and support Cambodian small and medium-sized enterprises that use the potential of traditional crafts to drive economic growth, women’s empowerment and sustainable development. By: ង៉ែត ពិសាន្ត ## Published fields - sourceLocale: km - translationKind: machine - nodeId: 12 - authorText: - sourceName: KPS99TV ## References