Category: Events
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10 Best Photos from Water Festival 2017
1. Young Cambodians decorated their prateep’s (flower floats) before heading to a nearby pagoda to float them 2. The crowd at the riverside road, Sisowath Quay 3. The crowd in front of the Royal Palace of Cambodia 4. A couple watching a moving prateep or an illuminated float which says in Khmer “the Royal Palace”…
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Khmer Stories Spotlighted in Japan
By Sotheavy Nou Tokyo embraced Cambodia’s budding film industry with four of its youngest filmmakers to ever strut the red carpet of the 30th Tokyo International Film Festival(TIFF). Cambodian filmmakers Ly Polen, Sang Chanvisal, Sok Chanrado, and Neang Kavich, were nominated by the legendary Rithy Panh to showcase their short films in a program specially…
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Embassies open to visitors to celebrate Heritage Day in Phnom Penh
Now the public who are enthusiastic about some Cambodian heritage bits can visit the a few embassies in Phnom Penh which open gates to visitors this year on Saturday 30, September on the occasion of the “Heritage Day”. This annual event gives the public the opportunity to visit buildings and places usually closed to the public or…
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Mahatma Gandhi’s Birth Anniversary in Phnom Penh
The Embassy of India in Phnom Penh, celebrated the 145th Birth Anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi on October 2nd, 2014. Every year this day is observed in the name – ‘Gandhi Jayanthi’. The United Nations General Assembly, on 15 June 2007, announced that October 2nd will be celebrated as the International Day of Non-Violence.…
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‘Women by Women’ – Painting Exhibition at Royal University of Fine Arts!
The Embassy of India in Phnom penh along with Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR) is organizing a Painting Exhibition titled “Women by Women” at Royal University of Fine Arts (RUFA), Phnom Penh. The event was formally inaugurated by H.E. Ms. Phoeung Sackona, Minister, Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, Royal Government of…
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Festival of India at Chaktamouk Theatre, Phnom Penh
Mahapattabhishekam – The Coronation The Embassy of India and the Ministry of Culture, Government of India recently hosted The Festival of India in Cambodia. There were two events held in February. One of the Buddhist Festivals with a Buddhist themed photo exhibition and the other, Ramayana Classical Dance Performance by the world acclaimed and…
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Grand Ramayana Classical Dance Performance
I like attending classical Indian dance performances because I can learn a thing or two related to Cambodia-India similarities. On December 5th, 2012, the Indian Embassy in Phnom Penh organized Charishnu performance, flying a large group of Indian artists from India to Phnom Penh. They performed beautifully for two nights at Chaktomouk Hall. Charishnu dance artists, the Indian…
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Beautiful Snapshots of Phnom Penh’s DIWALI Celebration
Until now you might have seen so much text but rarely any picture of events in Phnom Penh in this blog. I’m quite free from some work today, so I am thinking of posting pictures of a nice event that I went to. In October 2013, I was invited by the Indian Embassy to attend…