Over the past weeks, social media has buzzed with a number of Khmer netizens jittering over Thailand's registration of khon masked dance performance as intangible cultural heritage with Unesco.
Some 50,000 Cambodian netizens lashed out at the Thai government's conservation efforts. Most saw the registration as unjustified as, they alleged, the masked performance that is based on India's Ramayana epic originally belongs to Cambodia.
Some cited scenes from the Ramayana that adorn several lintels and walls in the world-famous Angkor Wat and some other temple ruins in Siem Reap province in Cambodia.
