Cambodia's history in the arts is bittersweet. During the five year rule of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, 90% of the artist and intellectual population was killed as a result of brutal and unfavourable communist policies. Anyone with an education was … [Read more...] about OUR PICTURES FROM THE PAST
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KHMER ART HISTORY AND CULTURE
For most of it's history, Cambodia was home to some of the most diverse and abundant arts and culture in Southeast Asia. There were singers on every corner, musicians in every village and a dancer in every child.Music, dance … [Read more...] about KHMER ART HISTORY AND CULTURE
It’s not a gun
Steve in familiar pose. Photo credit: Jeff Perigois. Those who get around the traps regularly would recognise photographer Steve Porte, whose work is hard to escape if you are a Phnom Penh musician. Each weekend brings another tranche or two … [Read more...] about It’s not a gun
Tea with the Colonels
I am in Mae Sam Laep, a small frontier post on the Thai side of the Salween River, eight hours by elephant from Ban Houei Pho, which is downriver from Mae Sariang. The village consists of a dozen bamboo houses, a coffee shop and a general store. I’ve … [Read more...] about Tea with the Colonels
Musik Unter Palmen
WIE OSTDEUTSCHLAND KAMBODSCHAS KLASSIKER AUSBILDETEAls Folge des 2. Weltkrieges gab es von 1949 bis 1990 zwei deutsche Staaten. Im Jahr 1969 war Kambodscha das dritte Land außerhalb des Ostblocks, dass das kommunistische Ost-Deutschland … [Read more...] about Musik Unter Palmen
Modern women and their new code of conduct
By Hang SokuntheaWhen my mother died, it changed me forever. She was surely the most beautiful and kind woman I have ever met who took great care of her husband and children’s well-being and tried to educate me to be the same. But at the end of … [Read more...] about Modern women and their new code of conduct
