Life beats down and crushes the soul and art reminds you that you have one.
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Khmer culture has resonated across South East Asia hundreds of years, and still do today. Each danse, each movement gracefully captures the soul of the audience.
Since the Angkor era.
all khmer classical dances are the living national treasures of cambodia. i grew up with this dance called "neary chea chour" since i was three. i love this khmer dance a lot forever. god bless all khmer's living national dances forever.
these khmer dances should be preserved forever and should be given the protection of world heritage living arts treasureof cambodia, you know.
in khmer classical dances like this, every movement describes the meaning in the khmer songs accompanied it, you know. all of khmer classical dances were legacy of the ancient khmer civilization that passed down from generation after generation. also, some khmer dances evolved with time as well, but most were from ancient khmer civilization, particularly blossomed at its zenith during angkor khmer civilization. khmer people like me would like the world to know and understand khmer classical dances, etc. i can say cambodia is rich in cultural heritage and more, really. god bless cambodia and all our beautiful khmer people and citizens.
'Faultless' as it is this classical Khmer dance still manages to displease a certain section of the Cambodia elite, including Cambodia's present King Siharmoni who is a well-known European ballet dancer by training. In one interview he noted that the tempo of Khmer classical dance 'whist delicate and sensual is too slow'. Thus, his conclusion that "Cambodia needs other expressions"! He is also known to have created a hybrid fusion of Khmer classical dance and European ballet which earned him great praise from King Father when it was performed!
Fortunately this recklessness with the already endangered Khmer ancient art is confined to a small circle of people. It just goes to show the lack of thought and appreciation of something that so many people have died and fought to preserve over the centuries and which has been passed down across the generations perfected by those past artists and masters of the Angkor era.
When the Cambodian ballet was first showcased in Paris, one prominent art critic was moved to note how 'the Cambodians have created movements which we Europeans have not come up with, except the Greeks who along with the Khmers have added something unique and precious to the heritage of the entire world'.
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