The River with a Thousand Penis Statues

Kbal Spean, no doubt Cambodia's holiest stream. At its height, it would have purified the water of more than a million people living in the city it fed.
I spent a long time debating whether to release this video, meaning to release it last week with rabies coming out swapped. I'm simply not happy with how it turned out. But in the end, I figured it was better to have an off episode than no episode at all. Let me know if you agree/disagree in the comments. We have a few video ideas from Japan that never made the light of day for similar reasons.
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The music for this video was graciously provided by Kevin MacLeod at incompetech.com. It is Creative Commons, and he is no doubt unaware we're using it, but hey. I still think he's great for letting it happen.
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  • @RareEarthSeries
    @RareEarthSeries6 жыл бұрын

    Thanks to everyone who asked about our Patreon. I'll put out a full video when I get the time, but for those who want to jump the gun and get on board from the start, here's the link:

  • @RareEarthSeries
    @RareEarthSeries6 жыл бұрын

    Fun fact: the opening walk down the stairs was cut short on video because the police enter the scene to stop me from filming with a microphone.

  • @buntychea2616
    @buntychea26166 жыл бұрын

    As an Amateur Historian of my Beloved Cambodia, or Land of Khmer's, Your whole series of Cambodia makes me so proud I'm shedding a tear. You have clearly done your research and have pushed off any bias. As a country and people that gets recognized as having a cool temple and a recent dark past, the rich historical significance of Cambodia in the whole region and even South Asia is often overlooked. Thank you for your hard work. You have turned me into a Rare Earth subscriber, and will be referring this series when people ask me to tell them a quick history of Cambodia.

  • @regularjon9693
    @regularjon96936 жыл бұрын

    THIS

  • @dirzydoo2785
    @dirzydoo27856 жыл бұрын

    you had me at penis

  • @malikanuur4298
    @malikanuur42986 жыл бұрын

    This channel has helped me learn so much about other culture

  • @Subhransu44
    @Subhransu446 жыл бұрын

    I may sound like complaining, but I see some inaccuracies here. For example you have repeatedly mentioned in the video that the Brahmins were the kings. However, the ruling class of India were not Brahmins, but were khatriyas. Brahmins were the class of knowledge and worshiping. I loved the video. Just pointing this out out of curiosity.

  • @Weaksoft
    @Weaksoft6 жыл бұрын

    Some of the most interesting and engaging content on KZread. Thank you so much for continuing to make these videos!

  • @HoldFastFilms
    @HoldFastFilms6 жыл бұрын

    I would love to see more 'unreleased stuff and behind the scenes, if you have it. Some people make a separate channels for stuff like that but you can also just release them here, just title them something like Missing Files or whatever. Love everything else you're doing, especially end-cards.

  • @cmd2tuts
    @cmd2tuts6 жыл бұрын

    Hey, just wanted to drop in and thank you again for this series of videos. I obviously subscribed to this channel while your father was Commander of the ISS and I always liked those videos.

  • @brycefoster7801
    @brycefoster78016 жыл бұрын

    Honestly, one of the funniest yet educational videos I’ve ever seen. Congrats sir

  • @L-_-T
    @L-_-T6 жыл бұрын

    Damn you are just knocking it out! Every video of yours is thoughtful and so well done. Keep it up!

  • @dlbstl
    @dlbstl6 жыл бұрын

    I hit like before I even watched it. I always look forward to your videos. Thanks so much for doing them!

  • @knaguar
    @knaguar6 жыл бұрын

    Really interesting ep. visited SE asia n japan a couple yrs ago. Your vids have added a new layer of perspective for me to better understand what I didn’t at the time. Thanks. Keep them coming!!!

  • @bobbiemoss566
    @bobbiemoss5665 жыл бұрын

    Love rare earth! What I’m seeing here is the rich tapestries of cultures previously unknown (or forgotten, I’m an ancient) I truly enjoy your work.

  • @Ice_Karma
    @Ice_Karma4 жыл бұрын

    Dude, even your "off" episodes are more valuable than the vast majority of dreck that's posted to KZread every second!

  • @Dreamoen
    @Dreamoen6 жыл бұрын

    Hello, not to be too critical, but I know one of your inspirations is Tom Scott, and one of the many things he takes care of is subtitles in english. It does really help everyone whose main lang is not english as well as the hearing impaired. Aside from that, really good job as always and even better. Sorry for my english >.<

  • @yibanootsah
    @yibanootsah6 жыл бұрын

    great work man, keep it up! love you!

  • @GenJotsu
    @GenJotsu6 жыл бұрын

    You're really hitting ur stride. Keep it up

  • @bodhiganguly
    @bodhiganguly3 жыл бұрын

    That's why I want to visit Cambodia 🇰🇭. Much love from 🇮🇳