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| These young ladies are all smiles as they joined an estimated 400 people who boarded 5 school buses outside the Mark Twain Library for Getaway Day at the Getty Museum to see a special exhibit on Khmer. (Credit Daniel deBoom) |
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| An estimated 400 people climbed aboard 5 school buses outside the Mark Twain Library for Getaway Day at the Getty Museum to see a special exhibit on Khmer. (Credit Daniel deBoom) |
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| An estimated 400 people boarded 5 school buses outside the Mark Twain Library in the Cambodian Town community for Getaway Day at the Getty Museum to see a special exhibit on Khmer. (Credit Daniel deBoom) |
The museum, with the United Cambodian Community, helped bus refugees to visit special Khmer exhibit Saturday.
Saturday, March 26, 2011
By Jeff Rabin
Belmont Patch (California, USA)
Several hundred members of the Long Beach Cambodian community rode buses and carpooled Saturday to the Getty Museum for a special tour of the exhibition: "Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia."
The Getty, working with the Long Beach Public Library, arranged for the buses to take community members from the Mark Twain Library in the heart of the Cambodian community, to the museum in West Los Angeles. The library, the newest branch in Long Beach, has one of the largest collections of Khmer language books outside of Cambodia. Long Beach has the largest population of Cambodians outside of Southeast Asia.
Sereivuth Prak, a long-time leader of the Cambodian community, was thrilled that the Getty sent buses to take Long Beach residents to the exhibition. "It's a great honor for us," Prak said. "It makes us feel proud."
A former executive director of United Cambodian Community, Prak said a lot of younger Cambodians probably don't know much about their roots. The exhibition is "a perfect time for them to see what it's all about."
"Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia" runs at the Getty Museum until August 14.
According to the Getty's website: "The ancient capital of the Khmer people at Angkor, in northwest Cambodia, was once the heart of a large sphere of influence that extended over much of mainland Southeast Asia. The bronzes in this exhibition—masterworks from the collection of the National Museum of Cambodia—represent the achievements of Khmer artists during the Angkor period (the ninth through the 15th centuries).
Bronze, a mixture of metals consisting primarily of copper and tin, was a preferred medium for giving form to the Hindu and Buddhist divinities worshipped in Angkor and throughout the Khmer empire. The Khmer have always viewed bronze as a noble material, connoting prosperity and success, and it has played a deeply meaningful role in their culture over many centuries."
2 comments:
Koh Tral Island must not be forgotten
By Ms. Rattana Keo
Why do Koh Tral Island, known in Vietnam as Phu Quoc, a sea and land area covering proximately over 10,000 km2 [Note: the actual land size of Koh Tral itself is 574 square kilometres (222 sq miles)] have been lost to Vietnam by whose treaty? Why don’t Cambodia government be transparent and explain to Cambodia army at front line and the whole nation about this? Why don't they include this into education system? Why?
Cambodian armies are fighting at front line for 4.6 km2 on the Thai border and what's about over 10,000km2 of Cambodia to Vietnam. Nobody dare to talk about it! Why? Cambodian armies you are decide the fate of your nation, Cambodian army as well as Cambodian people must rethink about this again and again. Is it fair?
Koh Tral Island, the sea and land area of over 10,000 square kilometres have been lost to Vietnam by the 1979 to 1985 treaties. The Cambodian army at front line as well as all Cambodian people must rethink again about these issues. Are Cambodian army fighting to protect the Cambodia Nation or protecting a very small group that own big lands, big properties or only protecting a small group but disguising as protecting the Khmer nation?
The Cambodian army at front lines suffer under rain, wind, bullets, bombs, lack of foods, lack of nutrition and their families have no health care assistance, no securities after they died but a very small group eat well, sleep well, sleep in first class hotel with air conditioning system with message from young girls, have first class medical care from oversea medical treatments, they are billionaires, millionaires who sell out the country to be rich and make the Cambodian people suffer everyday.
Who signed the treaty 1979-1985 that resulted in the loss over 10,000 km2 of Cambodia??? Why they are not being transparent and brave enough to inform all Cambodians and Cambodian army at front line about these issues? Why don't they include Koh Tral (Koh Tral size is bigger than the whole Phom Phen and bigger than Singapore [Note: Singapore's present land size is 704 km2 (271.8 sq mi)]) with heap of great natural resources, in the Cambodian education system?
Look at Hun Sen's families, relatives and friends- they are billionaires, millionaires. Where did they get the money from when we all just got out of war with empty hands [in 1979]? Hun Sen always say in his speeches that Cambodia had just risen up from the ashes of war, just got up from Year Zero with empty hands and how come they are billionaires, millionaires but 90% of innocent Cambodian people are so poor and struggling with their livelihood every day?
Smart Khmer girl Ms. Rattana Keo,
Better thinking about moving back to Cambodia before you all get shaking into the Ocean.
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