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Manage No PI00007571 Country Cambodia ICH Domain Oral traditions and representations, Performing Arts, Social practices, rituals, festive events
Description | Demon and Monkey characters of the Lkhon Khol form. | ||
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Photographer | San, Phalla | ||
Place | File Size | NA | |
Definition | NA | File Format | JPG |
Copyright | San, Phalla, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Cambodia |
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Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet
On the spiritual ceremony day for the annual performance, the Pin Peat music is performed to invite the Lok Ta Tos Mukh (Ravana mask) to the dance stage at the monastery.
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Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet
Lkhon Khol Performance by the troupe of Cambodian Youth for Lkhon Khol.
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Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet
H.E. Audrey Azoulay, Direcor General of the UNESCO, presents the Lkhon Khol Certificate to Samdech Hun Sen, Prime Minister of the Kingdom of Cambodia, during the 25th Anniversary of ICC-Angkor in 2018.
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Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet
The certificate of the Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet in the UNESCO List of ICH in Need of Urgent Safeguarding.
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Lkhon Khol
Inscribed in 2018 on the List of Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding, Lkhon Khol Wat Svay Andet (Lkhon Kohl) is practiced in a community surrounding Wat Svay Andet, a Buddhist monastery located around ten kilometers east of Phnom Penh on the Mekong River. Lkhon Khol is a traditional mask theater performance of Cambodia with its origins during the Angkor period (ninth to fifteenth centuries). It exclusively is performed by men wearing masks to the accompaniment of a traditional orchestra and melodious recitation. Lkhon Khol, also known as “the monkey dance,” is ceremoniously performed once a year after the Khmer New Year for ritual purposes, linked mostly to the cycle of rice farming and the needs of farming communities. A specific theatrical performance is the Reamker, the Khmer version of Ramayana, which includes an introduction by storytellers who play an important role in the performance. Lkhon Khol is passed across generations orally. However, from 1970 to 1984, due to war and the Khmer Rouge regime, transmission was nearly impossible. In addition, economic factors, insufficient resources, and economic migration from the community have also limited transmission, which is what led it to be inscribed on the Urgent Safeguarding list. Two theater groups, Kampong Thom and the National Theater troupes from the Department of Fine Arts and the Ministry of Culture and fine arts, have started performing the Lkhon Khol. In addition, the theatrical performance is also part of the syllabus at the University of Fine Arts. Photo 1 : Lkhon Khol performance Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts of Cambodia, 2017 Photo 2 : Lkhon Khol Art painting CCBYSA PPPOfficial Photo 3 : Cambodian dance: Reamker (public domain)
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A COMMUNITY SAFEGUARDING ITS LIVING HERITAGE, LKHON KHOL
On the east bank of the Mekong River about fifteen kilometers from Phnom Penh is Wat Svay Andet, a Buddhist monastic community mainly supported by two villages, Ta Skor and Peam Ek of Lvea-em District, Kandal Province. Wat Svay Andet is home to lkhon khol, a kind of theatre with recitation in which actors are all males, wear lacquer masks, and perform only scenes from Reamker, a Cambodian version of the Sanskrit Ramayana epic. This dance drama is accompanied by pinpeat, a traditional orchestra of percussion instruments. Although the dance is performed by villagers, the costumes and ornaments are as magnificent as those of classical court dance.
San Phalla Deputy Director, Books and Reading Department, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts Chhay Davin Researcher, General Department of Cultural Technique, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts 2016