5000 Years | ៥០០០ឆ្នាំ
Cambodian Buddhism, music, literature, are covered in this personal creation, with a useful online library including texts, photo, audio and...
Links Publications A Filmography of Norodom Sihanouk
The complete filmography (and partial discography) of Cambodia's "the King-Filmmaker".
Publications A History of Siamese Music Reconstructed From Western Documents, 1505-1932
Burmese and Khmer influences on Siamese musical forms and instruments.
Photography Amazing Cambodia
"An amazing way to connect to the past".
Publications Dance and Drama on Cambodian Temples
A short survey on dance and drama reflected by Angkorean temples inscriptions, bas-reliefs and statuary.
Publications Dance Imagery in South Indian Temples: Study of the 108-Karana Sculptures
This major study in the history of dance and in Southern India architecture brings to us numerous notations which can...Links GeoZik
An educational platform and an essential online trove for musicologists and musicians around the world.
Publications Gongs, Bells, and Cymbals: The Archaeological Record in Maritime Asia from the ninth to the seventeenth centuries
The circulation of musical instruments around Asia, in particular those in bronze, and what it tells us about regional trade...
Films Jungle Bound, Angkor Wat in the 1930s
Fascinating document, this footage of Angkor Wat in the 1930s shows how integrated to the Cambodian daily life the Ancient...Films Les ruines d'Angkor | Piano & Text
A poetic and musical musing through the ruins of Angkor.
Themes Music
Publications Music and Dance in Ancient Cambodia as Evidenced by Old Khmer Epigraphy
Author(s): Saveros Pou Source:
Links Music at Angkor
A compilation of the imagery of musicians and musical instruments across bas-reliefs in Angkor Wat, Banteay Srei and the Bayon.
Publications Nang Sbek, The Cambodian Shadow Theater
Dating back from pre-Angkorean times, the Shadow Theater is inscribed on UNESCO list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity since 2008.
Books Nouvelle géographie universelle, La terre et les hommes, VIII: L'Inde et l'Indo-Chine
The astonishingly vivid and detailed Geography of India and Indochina by French free-thinker Élisée Reclus.
Books Photos-Souvenirs: Danses classiques, danses folkloriques et créations modernes de Norodom Sihamoni
A lavishly illustrated brochure showcasing Cambodian performing art forms at the end of the 1980s.
Books Sangitaratnakara of S'arngadeva सङ्गीतरत्नाकर ('Ocean of Music and Dance')
One of the oldest and longest Indian (Carnatic and Hindustani) treatise on music and dance, in Sanskrit, with two commentaries.
Links Sounds of Angkor
Khmer musical and dance traditions, their pre-Angkorian and Angkorian origins.
Films Stopover in Angkor
Ethnomusicologist Patrick Kersalé plays a Khmer harp built thanks to his iconographical and musical research in Cambodia.
Films Temple Dance of Apsaras
A heartfelt and savant approach of Angkor by a Bharatanatyam dancer and choreographer.
Films The Bharatiya Natyashastra
A fascinating lecture on Indian classical dance, its treatises and its mind-blowing richness. Introductive presentation of the series.
Publications The Iconography of Music on the Reliefs of Angkor Wat
From the paper: 'Many musical instruments and ensembles seen on the reliefs are still in use in Cambodia today. For...Books The Natyashastra
The first integral English translation of the Sanskrit Treatise on Hindu Dance, "Dramaturgy and Histrionics".
Films The Oldest Verse Inscription in Khmer
The Oldest Verse Inscription in Khmer សិលាចារឹកភាសាខ្មែរចាស់ជាងគេដែលសរេសរជាពាក្យកាព្យ
Publications Trompets & Horns from 12th and 16th Centuries Angkor
Reconstitution-revival of trumpets and horns as observed on Angkor Wat and Bayon bas-reliefs
Books Un pèlerin d'Angkor
One of the most inspired (and inspirational) travelogues on Angkor in the pioneering times.
Links Vmake KH
History clips on famous Cambodian artists and writers.
Books ПУТЕШЕСТВІЕ ГОСУДАРЯ ИМПЕРАТОРА НИКОЛАЯ II НА ВОСТОКЪ (ВЪ 1890—1891) | Travel of Emperor Nikolai II to the East
Siam, Annam, and (indirectly) Cambodia in this recollection of Tsarevich Nikolai II's travel to Asia.
Publications 从《真腊风土记》看古代柬埔寨与云南 少数民族佛教乐舞 | A Comparison of Buddhist Music and Dance Between Ancient Cambodian and Yunnan Minority Peoples
A fascinating study on Khmer and Yunnan minority interconnection through music and dance