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A preun group performs just outside Phnom Penh last month. (Photo by: Roth Meas)
Preun performance in Oddar Meanchey
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iZ1nZEsviaU
Preun performance in Surin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAp22q716PY
Wednesday, 04 January 2012 Roth Meas The Phnom Penh Post
A rare type of traditional music known in Khmer as preun has been rediscovered in Cambodia in the depths of rural Samrong district in Oddor Meanchey province.
Cambodian cultural researcher, Young Yorn, 30, came across a folk group that performs the musical style while in the northwest of the Kingdom. He says the ancient music was different from other traditional Cambodian music that he has studied.
Young Yorn says it is uncertain when the musical form began. What is known is that the khen, an instrument made from long bamboo pipes, can be seen on a carving on Bayon temple.
“So we can say that preun has existed in Cambodia for a very long time,” Young Yorn says.
The video above is about teaching Khmer in government school in Surin province. However, the school principals have shut down both classes at Phum Si Chruk and Phum Pun, he said Thailand and Cambodia are fighting so he'd better shut down the school.
Thanks
-- "Rights in education also means the right to language" Chaimongkol Chalermsukjitsri សមាគមខ្មែរស្រិន្ទ្រ Center for Khmer Surin Studies (CKSS) P.O.Box 27. Surin City, Thailand. http://www.khmerinthailand.org Email: cheymongkol@gmail.com; khmersurin@gmail.com Phone 0875815514, 0881044474
Currently, I have worked together with Ta Hai and his band in Phum Krasang, Oddor Meanchey. I hope to help him set up a small class to teach Chrieng Broeun to youth and children. Only his group found alive in Oddor Meanchey or even in Cambodia.
Chrieng Broeun, Ta Hai at Phum Krasang, Oddormeanchey, Cambodia:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_7mx9Y8gOc4
Below is the video on Kandrim or Kantrim:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Hmbs1vcfhA
This video has been made by Arn Chorn Pond, Seima and Young Yorn.
-- "Rights in education also means the right to language"
Please find below an attack against Lok Krou Cheymongkol, one of the initiators of Khmer language education in Surin, Thailand. Although the name of the author of this attack is provided as Kong Sophea, the PDF file property clearly states the name of the person who is allegedly behind this attack letter. Please download the PDF file, then open it and click "File" then "Properties..." and you will see it.
We leave it up to you to judge the content of this letter, although, in our humble opinion, it may be best off to leave local people take care of their affairs rather than having external people interfering in local affairs. After all, the local people know best their needs.