Withering leaves: Who’s going to save the palm leaf manuscripts from disappearing in Cambodia? | China Daily

Video Report | Nehru Pry

Buddhist literature in Cambodia is preserved in palm leaf manuscripts. It’s a painstaking craft and only a few are devoting time and effort to becoming a scribe in a country where modern printing technology has diminished the demand for these manuscripts. Watch a tiny group of scribe-trainees in a Cambodian village learn the ropes of handcrafting palm leaf manuscripts.