The music wasn’t good enough. At least Kro Hom Kor, the red-necked spirit from the Sesan river wasn’t really satisfied with it. So he visited the body of the shamane only one time out of the three attempts. All the attire was ready though: the roasted pig’s head, the little bowls with rice, the jossticks, […]
For now everything is quiet in Sre Kor. The sun sets on the Sesan river. It is time to fetch water at the river, to wash off the red dust accumulated over the day, next to the buffaloes enjoying some relief from the heat. The following morning will be an important one for the Tampuon […]
Mam Sonando was in front of the Judges from the Appeals Court for the last two days to determine if the 20 year sentence which was inflicted upon him in September last year (see here) for having supported a so-called secessionist movement will hold or not. Verdict on March 14th.
Sorry for the interruption in the story on the 3 Rivers Dams, but the first hearing of an appeals trial for Mam Sonando took place this morning, after 235 days of detention. Some 500 people voiced their support outside the Appeals Court gates. The trial will go on tomorrow… Mam Sonando, 71 years, Journalist and […]
Veun Sai is a fairly big commercial hub on the Sesan river, inhabited by Cambodians of Chinese descent (no commerce without Chinese) who often speak Lao, like most of the people here. There is a restaurant with 7 to 8 tables made of precious ‘beng’ wood, 15 centimeters thick, 80 centimeters wide, 2 meters long. […]
The village of Kahchen is the former Governor of Ratanakkiri’s turf. He is an indigenous Tampuon. He builds a nice big house, painted a shiny light blue, near the centre of the village. He was recently replaced by someone closer to the central power and who is not a Tampuon. Most of the villagers in […]
We could have gone straight along the Sesan for 15 minutes and then cross the river with a small boat to reach Tan Kathe. Instead our translator took us left, over the bridge in Andong Meas on a 1 hour trip by car on tracks just very recently scraped through the hills and on another […]