‘Living Chapei’ NGO recruits new players
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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Beekeeping ‘hard yet beneficial’
Tue, 28 Mar 2023 | 09:19Beekeeping is a complex profession that requires a lot of hard-won experience and attention, said a Siem Reap apiarist, or beekeeper. Despite the challenges of the industry, it provides invaluable benefits and assists farmers with pollination, improving the yield of many crops.
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Ballet doco premiered for King
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 | 09:13The Perfect Motion, or Tep Hatta in Khmer, was premiered in the presence of His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni on March 26.
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Photo exhibit on Tonle Sap Lake plastic pollution closes in Siem Reap
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 | 09:07FCC Angkor by Avani – in collaboration with two civil society organisations working in the Tonle Sap Lake area – organised a three-day exhibition about people’s life along the lake and conjoined river, including the area’s pervasive pollution by plastic waste.
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For leather lovers in Siem Reap, everything old is new again
Mon, 27 Mar 2023 | 09:07A traditional carver of leathergoods in Siem Reap is using his own deprived childhood as motivation to help others.
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Buddhist literary awards explores heavy theme in 2023
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 | 08:52The 6th Buddhist Literary Awards are returning for 2023. The theme for this year’s short story and poetry contest is “Greed Brings Doom”.
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More cash than can be spent for collector of curios in Siem Reap
Sun, 26 Mar 2023 | 08:47In 1998, a man from Siem Reap town began collecting examples of coins and banknotes from around the world.
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Arjay Stevens bids farewell to Kingdom with final exhibition
Thu, 23 Mar 2023 | 08:58Arjay Stevens, the bio-scientist and pharmacist turned independent photographer and researcher, is holding a farewell exhibition titled Look Up – Billboards: Cambodia’s Vanished Art.
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Third ‘Seed Festival’ held in Kampong Chhnang
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 | 10:16Eleven communities took part in the 3rd solidarity seed festival held on March 21-22 in Boribor district of Kampong Chhnang province, where they exchanged seeds between each community that are from plant strains preserved since ancestral times.
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Khmer ballet documentary debuts April 1
Wed, 22 Mar 2023 | 10:08A new documentary, The Perfect Motion, or Tep Hattha in Khmer, will premiere to the public on April 1.
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Cambodians in Long Beach celebrate Cambodia’s cuisine
Tue, 21 Mar 2023 | 09:49Cambodian Restaurant Week, a week-long event promoting Khmer food in Long Beach, in the US state of California, is being held to bring people together and celebrate the Kingdom’s rich culinary history and share it with the multitude of ethnic communities in Long Beach, California, and around the US