Sunday, March 28, 2010
Providence Journal (Rhodes Island, USA)
A traditional Cambodian oral performance by touring artists will be presented Saturday afternoon at the headquarters of the Socio-Economic Development Center for Southeast Asians, 270 Elmwood Ave., Providence.
Khmer oral tradition includes folklore and fables expressed through poems, chanting, and “smot,” which is an ancient form of funerary singing. The performance will take its inspiration from “O! Maha Mount Dangrek,” a collection of poetry by the late Venerable Ly Van, a Buddhist monk who survived the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The title refers to the mountainous plateau between the Cambodia-Thailand border that refugees were forced to climb to escape the Khmer Rouge.
Khmer oral tradition includes folklore and fables expressed through poems, chanting, and “smot,” which is an ancient form of funerary singing. The performance will take its inspiration from “O! Maha Mount Dangrek,” a collection of poetry by the late Venerable Ly Van, a Buddhist monk who survived the Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia. The title refers to the mountainous plateau between the Cambodia-Thailand border that refugees were forced to climb to escape the Khmer Rouge.
The event, which begins at 2 p.m., is free to the public.
7 comments:
Down To Siem barbarians ! Down to Siem Devils .............!i wish new tsunami will sweep out bangkok.
sankhlacamp
Millions of thai Red Shirt participated in demonstration for 2 weeks ago till now, no one Thai people has been shot like this except some M79 explosion......
BUT Cambodian General shot the Tuk Tuk Driver.. This is the so-called Cambodian General=Star
Excellency bandit General Oknha Achar Knoy/general 7 diamond stars(=Achar wat)
O Svayreang euy..
Khmers bat dei heuy..
Khmers jol kuk tiat..
Khmers Svayreang, you lost your lands and you are in jailed..
Don't forget your history khmer people.
What makes the jewish people strong and prosperous is their knowledge of history written in the old testament, ( their bible ).
From good knowledge of our history, we will continue to know our past, present and future. This way, our enemy can't continue to triump over us khmer.
Thank you for this article and the Late Monk Venerable Ly Van.
Please gather all these informations from those who experienced this long tragic travelling, and make a film out of that.
Make film documentary,please.
All Khmers,
And how about Hanoi's encroachement from Khmer eastern borders now ????
Just be careful because some educated people know how to take advantage of the poor nation. I urge khmer gov't to take the same foot step as the Chinese does, e.g. don't involve with any kind of war or conflict but more toward putting new infrastructures instead. "violence can only leads to more violence" search for peace and peace will come to you or "you do yourself a favour when you are kind but if you are cruel, you only hurt yourself". Again, chinese has 2 billions people why not ask them to go instead? The answer is very clear, chinese does not want to lose a dollar or any life on war. Why, because they have no time for war but community improvement instead. Wisdom
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