Today is a holiday. Cambodia celebrates the birthday of King Norodom Sihanouk. He would have reached the age of 90 had he not died 17 days ago. People still come to the Royal Palace to pay respect (and to make some money by selling fire to worshippers wanting to light their incense sticks). The cremation […]
Things come together. After a two-week truce, members of the Boeung Kak Lake and Borei Keila community picked up their demonstration baton again, be it a very peacefull one. They gathered in front of the Royal Palace to pray and ‘ask the former king’s magic to help Yearm Bopha and Kim Sakmony’ who are imprisoned […]
On sunday it is more the people from the countryside gathering and praying in front of the Royal Palace to the memory of their deceased king. Small vans and trucks fill the parking lot nearby. For me it is a good opportunity to add a few photographs to the elusive ‘On the Edge’ project. All […]
’30 Years for a Trial’, my iBook about the first Khmer Rouge Trial is almost finished. Fine-tuning the glossary, checking the captions, uploading the baby and you should be able to download it to your iPad within the next couple of weeks…
The official mourning period for King Norodom Sihanouk of 7 days ended yesterday. Attendance in front of the Royal Palace has drastically declined, suddenly revealing those who were probably there the previous days but went mostly unnoticed, drowned as they were in the crowds of worshippers: the street children eking out a living by selling […]
A ceremony involving several thousands of monks was staged again on this particular monthly praying day. King Norodom Sihamoni and the Queen Mother Monineath came to greet the thousands of people gathered in front of the Royal Palace on this 9 th day of King Norodom Sihanouk’s death. All the photographs from the past days […]
Nobody knows yet when the public will be allowed to greet King Norodom Sihanouk on his wake bed. Meanwhile the crowd in front of the Royal Palace was chased away by a heavy rain in the evening. They will be back tomorrow… All the photographs from the past days are to be found at this […]
The crowd grows bigger and bigger in front of the Royal Palace on the 7th day since King Norodom Sihanouk passed away. All the photographs from the past days are to be found at this link.