The Khmer word for art, silapak, in fact, at its root, means "magic." The artist — the silapakar, or the silapakarani, then, is nothing short of a magician.
La palabra jemer para arte, silapak, de hecho, originalmente significa "magia". El artista, el silapakar, o el silapakarani, es prácticamente un mago.