Soriya is the eighth Joeydoll, released in November 2024. Her name means "sunlight" in Khmer. She is inspired by Cambodia’s Apsara dancers, and wears a gold mokot ksatrey crown, embroidered sampot skirt, and a symbolic Champei flower.
Various folk cultures and traditions assign symbolic meanings to plants. Although these are no longer commonly understood by populations that are increasingly divorced from their rural traditions, some meanings survive. In addition, these meanings are alluded to in older pictures, songs and writings. New symbols have also arisen: one of the most known in the United Kingdom is the red poppy as a symbol of remembrance of the fallen in war.
