In a clear gesture of support to the opposition CNRP, Mrs. Lida, a French Khmer, donated, via media-savvy and human rights activist monk Luon Sovath, money and rice collected among the Khmer community in France to a whole series of families hit by the current political situation at Wat Samaky Rasmey this morning.
Choreographer Manou Phuon continues her investigation on how to use khmer boxer’s moves into a contemporary dance narrative with the dancers from Amrita Performing Arts. Particularly flattering as she got the kick to do it after seeing the photographs I took about Khmer boxing (see HERE). Those pictures were bundled in a small book, entirely […]
Prime Minister Hun Sen has lifted the ban on gatherings of more than 10 people. It is possible to have political demonstrations again. On both sides, be it CNRP or CPP. The CNRP could proceed unhindered with a meeting of 600 supporters in Sa’ang district, the same place where several army units and a few […]
Judging by the number of participants, the mobilisation to free the 21 workers, union leaders and activists who were arrested during the early January crackdown by the armed forces on striking workers is not really gaining momentum. Only the infatigable ladies from Boeung Kak lake and monks from the Independent Monk Network for Social Justice […]
In an attempt to put pressure on factory owners and the government to obtain a wage of 160$ for the garment factory workers as well as the release of 21 workers, union leaders and activists jailed after January 2nd and 3rd crackdown on striking workers, several unions organised the first day of an overtime strike, […]
Choreographer Manou Phuon continues her investigation on how to use khmer boxer’s moves into a contemporary dance narrative with the dancers from Amrita Performing Arts. For those who know about khmer boxing it might seem obvious but it isn’t. It is about trial and error. It is about analysis and perfection. It is about coordination. […]
Members of the Borei Keila community, on this International Day of Social Justice, collected a bowl of soil from the place they were violently evicted from in 2012 and, after a few prayers, brought it to the Preah Ang Dongker riverside pagoda to rest in the urns in which revellers stick their joss sticks whent […]
Choreographer Manou Phuon digs into her cambodian roots again by working on a piece inspired by khmer boxing. ‘Khmeropédies’, her previous three choreographies she put together with the Amrita Performing Arts dancers, were stretching or liberating the extremely codified traditional khmer ballet repertoire through her contemporary dance background. See more about ‘Khmeropédies’ HERE and HERE. […]