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”?”
Learn more about COVID protection measures during the cultural season.
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
