Feeding the hungry with food for the dead
Photo by: Roth Meas
Sek Sarom tends rice cakes roasting on a grill.
THE morning sunshine splays over Pok Chhma primary school in Battambang, giving the orange robes of the monks who work there an especially vivid sheen. The festival of Pchum Ben has only just finished, but there will be no rest for these holy men.
The [...]
Arrivals rise 10pc in August, but data masks downturn
Photo by: Steve Finch
Foreign tourists visit Angkor Wat last month. Government figures for August showed a 9.98 percent rise in arrivals, but analysts said the gains were came courtesy of low-spending day-trippers.
TOURISM arrivals climbed again in August, but analysts warned that the data did not signify a recovery in the sector, with the gains mostly [...]
Siem Reap Airlines set to resume on all routes
Photo by: BLOOMBERG
Passengers disembark from a Vietnam Airlines plane at Tan Son Nhat Airport in Ho Chi Minh City. A State Secretariat of Civil Aviation official said Sunday that Siem Reap Airways would resume international flights, including those to Vietnam, following a relaunch scheduled for next month.
SIEM Reap Airways will resume international flights – as [...]
Getting out on the road for a day at the racetrack
Photo by: Sovan Philong
A Khmer racer steers a krobei through the crowds at Vihear Suor. The rope through the buffalo’s nose also doubles as a whip to get these beasts up and running.
It’s hard to understand why this is not one of Cambodia’s premier tourist events.
Whereas Spain has its running of the bulls, the small [...]
Traditional form gives shape to journey through society
Photo by: Heng Chivoan
Chapei-playing legend Kong Nai performs traditional music on the two-stringed instrument alongside two actors in the performance piece Panchapor at the Royal University of Phnom Penh.
As the curtains draw open and the lights come up, the sound of an argument breaks out on the stage. But the audience sits quietly attentive to [...]
Recent Comments