Dharma Documentaries

Dharma. Culture. Ecology.

Menu
  • Dharma
  • Culture
  • Ecology
  • Archives
  • About
Menu

Angkor’s Children (Preview)

Posted on June 16, 2014June 16, 2014 by Dharma Documentaries
This is a preview of a film in the making about the resurgence of interest in Cambodian art forms, including most prominently sung Buddhist poetry (Smot).

Angkor's Children (Preview)

Previously I showed a film called The Flute Player, about Arn Chorn-Pond, a Cambodian living in the US, who was leading a revival of the arts in his home country under the auspices of Cambodia Living Arts.

The film today is a rough-cut preview about his work, and especially about his discovery of a young peasant girl Srey Pov, who is now one of the foremost recitors of sung Buddhist poetry called Smot.

Smot in these days is mainly sung at funerals, and is an emotional retelling of scenes from the Buddha’s life, among other things. It is sung by lay people, as monks are not allowed to sing, of course.

Arn also takes Srey to the US (besides other places) for a concert tour, including live Cambodian-style opera performances, which is where the art form originally began before being confined more-or-less to funerals.

We also see Srey singing with her Master teacher Keot Ran, and with a young American master of the art form, Trent Walker, who has a number of excellent performances on youtube himself.

As soon as I find the full film is posted, I will include it here, but for now enjoy these snippets (be warned the last couple of minutes fall apart completely, and seem to have been included by mistake).

 

if this video is no longer available please leave a comment so I can update the page
(the comment is not published)

 

to see an album of stills click here

 

TAGS:
Culture, Biography, Cambodia, Music

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Search

Subscriptions

Follow our Facebook Page Follow our Tweets Subscribe by Email Subscribe to our Feed

Shortlink and QR

https://dharma-documentaries.net/b/2ro

Donations

This site has taken more than 10 years to build, and has 800+ documentaries on it. If you would like to support the expenses involved, you can do so here. Even small amounts help.

choose amount:  


Donations can also be sent in Litecoin to the following address: LQZ9fVHF3wL6ihwEUcRFiCpcD7f2dfd3Kp

Copyright

If anyone has any copyright claims please contact me at dharmadocus@gmail.com and the posts and films will be immediately removed.

Top Ten Tags

Theravada
Mahayana
Vajrayana

India
Silk Road
China
Tibet

Arts
Lectures
Rights

Popular Posts

  • The Freedom of being a Buddhist Nun
  • Bright and Shining Mind in a Disabled Body
  • The Leshan Giant Buddha Statue
  • The Silk Road Series 7/16: Khotan-Oasis of Silk and Jade
  • David Eckel: Buddhism 3-4 of 24
  • The Tibetan Oracles
  • The Mountain Yogi, Lama Govinda
  • Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar: The Untold Truth
  • Indian Roots of Tibetan Buddhism
  • The Journey of Xuanzang: An Introduction

Recent Posts

  • Lama La
  • The Living Universe
  • The Nomadic Night
  • Orphans of Tibet
  • To Play Kutiyattam with the Master
  • The Young Girl and the Monkey
  • The Celestial Dance of Bhutan
  • Kabuki, the Path of the Flowers
  • A Young Shaman’s Quest Across Mongolia
  • Himalaya, Land of Women

Random Posts

  • Danino 2, The Aryan Controversy
  • The Mekong River in Laos
  • Koyasan Shingon Buddhism
  • Amazing Laos
  • David Eckel: Buddhism 3-4 of 24
  • ZEN – A Fabian Enzinger Film
  • Reactor with Michael Stone
  • The Mark of Empire 2, Bagan
  • Finding Manjushri
  • Land of Buddha

Related Posts

  • Sita Sings the Blues
  • Samsara - Cambodia
  • Dogora: Ouvrons les Yeux
  • Angkor Wat Lotus Temple
  • The Flute Player
  • The Young Girl and the Monkey
  • Kabuki, the Path of the Flowers
  • Our Only Home, a Climate Change Film
  • The Kingdom of Nature (in Cambodia)
  • Survive (the Khmer Rouge)
© 2021 Dharma Documentaries | Powered by Minimalist Blog WordPress Theme