Reviving the Lost Art of Cambodian Shadow Puppetry | Atlas Obscura
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- Опубликовано: 18 сен 2024
- Meet Mann Kosal, founder of the Sovanna Phum Center in Cambodia and a master of large shadow puppetry, an ancient art that dates back to before the Angkorian period in the seventh century. During the brutal regime of the Khmer Rouge in the 1970s, the form of expression and storytelling all but disappeared; at least 80 percent of artists, including shadow puppeteers, had been killed. It’s Kosal’s quest to revive this nearly lost art and help it take center stage in Cambodia’s culture once more.
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'I can die, but my art cannot'. Wow... that is a remarkably profound observation. The vast majority of people in this world are forgotten after a very few generations, but art can be eternal. Thank you for posting this.
Wish Cambodian art thrives and flourishes.🙏
Ram ram
I love learning about different cultures, people and their countries.🌏
Wow.. it turns out that Cambodian shadow puppets look very similar to a type of "wayang" we have in Indonesia (tbh I didn't even know Cambodia has shadow puppets 😂). How interesting!
Es lo que necesita este mundo; arte, cultura, educación, respeto y admiración entre unos y otros. El arte nos hace ser mejores seres humanos.
Poor guy - I hope more people take it up. Maybe if he was open to a fusion of art forms? I know it's not traditional, but permitting digital elements would probably encourage more young people to do it.
Thank-you!
It's never too late to learn. (Is that a proper use of too?)
So right, Joe! (The sentiment and the usage!)
beautifully told
Yes Last Shadow Puppets shower saw was Hansel and Gretel quite scary well done if done right can be very good
*i love your video* 🥰🥰🥰
Wow, this so cool!
World Heritage Culture can not die!
You go , Cambodian dude ! Those are some nice shadow puppets you made !
Hmmmm , "Shadow Puppets" would be a pretty cool name for a Graphic Novel or a Band . 👍🍻
Cambodian arts are great, its nice we can preserve the history and the values of it. But tbh we live in a world where things evolve and become modern. If you could combine the new method into art it would be much time-based. Although art is more about creativity, building new concepts. Be genuine and create our own work, not copying (I have seen most of stuffs were copied during the 2000s like music) but it has improved now.
The fact that I hate how some of SEA countries like Cambodia and Thailand. We havent gone the fact that we shared culture. I know it used to be all Khmer but it was hundreds of years ago. Even land occupancy, they have their own law. Rather than fighting over whats our and whats theirs, we could do way better than this…
I am saying as a Cambodian who was born and raised there. We have many good thing to share but we tend to reject new concept. Whenever anyone came up with creativity of altering the culture’s style by adapting to new world concepts, they would be criticized and judged most of the time. Now we rather copy some of the styles from other countries just because the ideas was already famous (not all tho but i have seen a few already)
Does anyone here know where i can study more about khmer clothing throughout each period
Google it ?
Americans are allowed to travel to Cambodia & witness these shows in person despite the pandemic. 😉