New film delves into history and practice of bokator
A still image from Daniel Perrier’s film Une Breve Histoire du Boxkator shows students in training at the Bokator Academy of Phnom Penh.
A DOCUMENTARY film on the ancient Khmer martial art bokator, formally known as labokator, will be screened tonight at the French Cultural Centre (CCF) in Phnom Penh.
The 50-minute film, titled Une Breve Histoire [...]
Dancing is Pupular During Khmer New Year in Cambodia
Do you like dancing? If your answer is yes then Khmer New Year is the best time for you to enjoy dancing with people old and new friends. In the village or district where people gathering you can see they setup the music with dancing space to welcome people to dance especially in the early [...]
Pop singer files court complaint
Source : www.Kimyi.info
CELEBRITY songstress Sok Pisey has filed a complaint with the Phnom Penh Municipal Police after a pornographic video that features her name in its titles spread throughout the Kingdom.
Sok Pisey, a favourite pop star among Cambodian youths, said the video’s producers had used her name without authorisation, adding that the actress in the [...]
Cambodia’s lone man on the freestyle cycling scene
Photo by: Pha Lina
With a lone spectator looking on, cyclist Keo Chhomyung practices his freestyle tricks at Olympic Stadium in Phnom Penh.
VISIT the Olympic Stadium on any given Saturday or Sunday afternoon, and you will be treated to a rare sight in Cambodia: A 20-something Khmer wearing a helmet and shin guards practicing freestyle tricks [...]
Villagers risk life and limb to tap sap from palms
Photo by: Roth Meas
A tapper uses a bamboo ladder to scale a palm tree near the village of Dorkrong in Kampong Chhang province.
Every morning Long Lonh wakes in the predawn darkness, washes his face and loads his bicycle with plastic containers. With his trusty knife hanging from his belt, he pedals slowly along the paved [...]
An artist transforms dreams into reality
Photo by: Sam Rith
Painter Norn Saran works on a Buddhist mural at a pagoda in the village of Tuol Ksach.
A benevolent Buddha beams down at the visitors to the quiet temple in Kampong Chhnang province.
The mural artist painting new icons onto a blank wall of the temple pauses occasionally to choose a fresh palette from [...]
Children of Sunrise Village celebrated in new exhibition
Photo by: TRACEY SHELTON
Kids perform the coconut dance in Kandal province. The dance will be performed at the opening of Dance to the Light at FCC.
TRACEY Shelton’s Dance to the Light photo exhibition, which depicts the lives of orphans at the Sunrise Children’s Village, debuts tonight at the FCC.
“The idea we had was to take [...]
Hitting all the right notes
Photo by: Ou Mom
Retired arts lecturer Yan Borin is teaching a group of teenage students who want to learn the traditional form of Khmer poetry and set it to the sounds of the flute.
While many of Phnom Penh’s teens listen to hip-hop and R&B, a group of around 30 teenagers at Baktouk High School are [...]
Cambodia looks to host ‘Hair Olympics’
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Cambodian hairdresser Sun Heang at the Hair Olympics in the Phillipines.
Hairdressers in the Kingdom are stylin’ up in an effort to become the host country for an international hair and make up competition.
The Asia Pacific Hairdressers and Cosmetologist Association (APHCA) recently invited Cambodian hairdresser Sun Heang to act as a judge in [...]
Artists more than able in their minds and spirit
Photo by: KIM HAK / MELON ROUGE
Kong Nai, the blind Khmer chapei musician who not only plays the blues but lives them.
ON DECEMBER 3, hundreds of people gathered at the park next to Wat Botum for a special ceremony – and to share talents and ideas – in celebration of the 26th International Day of [...]
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