Khmer Surin Culture Strong and Lively in Northeastern Thailand

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Kantreum "Arapiyaa" by Nam Pheung Muang Surin

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gWtuPyrvxk

Extreme Khmer 14: Surin Kantreum

Ta Frank returns to the land of the "Northern Khmer" to interview the legendary Kantreum singer Nam Pheung Muang Surin. Be sure to check out the full-length live versions of several of the songs featured in this episode, both on YouTube and in the "Ephemera" section of studykhmer.com.

Kantreum "Arapiyaa" by Nam Pheung Muang Surin

This is from a live concert in Surin in August, 2007...the great traditional Kantreum singer Nam Pheung Muang Surin actually makes the usually pedestrian and stiff central Khmer favorite "Arapiyaa" ROCK!

Spirit Posession song by Nam Pheung Muang Surin

This is from a live concert in August, 2007...the great traditional Kantreum singer Nam Pheung and her young students perform a song about spirit possession...danced quite convincingly by one of her students!