‘Living Chapei’ NGO recruits new players

Publication date 28 March 2023 | 21:27 | ICT

Pich Sarath was once a young man with a passion for the chapei dong veng, the traditional long necked two-string Khmer guitar that is usually accompanied by storytelling in song form.

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