Cultural Season Tour 2020 “Cambodian Identity/Pure Culture”

What is the theme for the 2020 Cultural Season?

The world is changing and so is Cambodia. With these changes and development (globalization, immigration…etc.), some view this as a threat to “Cambodian Identity/Pure Culture”. With this current context, what do we mean by “Cambodian Identity, i.e. to remain the same or to extend the definition to respond to changes with time and space, and who has a right to (re)define it? With 90% of Cambodia’s population being Khmer Ethnicity as the majority, how are different minorities (including indigenous people, Vietnamese, Cham, Chinese, and Lao) integrated? Does the emergence of diverse expressions (contemporary arts form, visibility of LGBT…etc.) necessarily mean opposition to the dominant culture? How are they represented and from which point of view? Can all these different groups be together as “us” or should be separate from each other as “them”?”

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Program Schedules in February


16 Feb 2021

Kouy Traditional Dance ‘My Village’s Tradition’, 

6-7pm at Prasat Preah Ko, Thalaborivat District,Steung Treng Province

18 Feb 2021

Kouy Traditional Dance ‘My Village’s Tradition’, 

6-7pm at Pu Tang Primary School, Senmonorom City, Mondulkiri Province

Program Schedules in March


04 Mar 2021

Contemporary Dance ‘Root’,

at Teacher Education Center, Phnom Penh

17 Mar 2021

Spoken Theater ‘Grandpa’s Chapei’,

4-5pm at Phare Ponleu Selpak,Battambang Province

19 Mar 2021

Spoken Theater ‘Granpa’s Chapei’,

5-6pm at Spean KaEk Village, Kandaek Commune, Prasat Bakhorng District, Siem Reap Province

21 Mar 2021

Spoken Theater ‘Granpa’s Chapei’,

7-8pm at Ta Aok High School, Ta Aok Village, Chouk Commune, Prasat Sambo District, Kampong Thom Province

23 Mar 2021

Spoken Theater ‘Granpa’s Chapei’,

6-7pm at Poy Village, LaOk Commune, Ou Chum District, Ratanakiri Province

24 Mar 2021

Contemporary Dance ‘Root’,

Krousar Thmey foundation,Banteay Meanchey Province

25 Mar 2021

New Traditional Music ‘Arts and Environment’,

6:30-7:30pm, Heritage Hub, Inside Wat Bo, Wat Bo Pagoda, Wat Bo Street , Siem Reap Province

26 Mar 2021

Contemporary Dance ‘Root’,

Banteay Meanchey Province

27 Mar 2021

New Traditional Music ‘Arts and Environment’,

7-8pm at Kra Sang Village, Bo Sbov District, Samraong City,Oddar Meanchey Province

28 Mar 2021

Contemporary Dance ‘Root’,

Teacher Education Center (TEC), Battambang Province

29 Mar 2021

New Traditional Music ‘Arts and Environment’,

7-8pm at Ku Pagoda, Ku Village, Kok Morn Commune, Banteay Ampil District,Oddar Meanchey Province

31 Mar 2021

New Traditional Music ‘Arts and Environment’,

7-8pm at Sangkum Thmey High School, Proteat Village, Chamroeun Commune, Sangkum Thmey District,Preah Vihear Province

Highlighted photos from the Cultural Season 2020



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