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A COMMUNITY SAFEGUARDING ITS LIVING HERITAGE, LKHON KHOL
  • Manage No DI00000235
    Country Republic of Korea
    Author 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 , Lkhon Khol Community
    Published Year 2016
    Language English
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Description 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.

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