Chapey Dong Veng

DECLARED BY UNESCO ON 30 NOVEMBER 2016 AS INTANGIBLE CULTURE HERITAGE

The Cha Pey Dong Veng or Chapey is a Cambodia two-stringed, long-necked guita that is usually plucked. It has two double courses of nylon strings. The chapey is an instrument with two to four strings used for traditional music, and when combined with poems in Khmer, becomes the chapey dong veng art form. The art form chapey dong veng was has been certified by UNESCO as part of Cambodia’s intangible cultural heritage on 30th November 2016.