larrywelch

Apsara classical dancers

Siem Reap, Cambodia

Siem Reap, Cambodia
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Jan, 2017

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Very exotic image Larry, fanta?stic!!!!

Dear Daisy: I am glad that I captured the moment, it was indeed exotic from costumes to beauty and grace of dancers. So glad I could be there, it made my heart beat faster...ha, ha!

So beautiful arnt they dressed in their nation costumes :)

Dear Amanda: Thanks for comment/question. Apsara dancers wear formal clothing that would be seen in the royal court. Of interest, in 1975 there were about 2,000 girls trained in classical Khmer dance, a tyrant by name of Pol Pot came to power with an idea to wipe clean modern life in Cambodia. All but a handful of the dancers perished in a genocide that killed about 2 million people who are buried in 344 mass graves around Cambodia. It is one of the saddest chapters in human history.

It is very sad for those people. Pol Pot was a monster.

The Cambodian people didn't stand a chance. Those who wore glasses, were doctors, nurses, dancers, lawyers, police, soldiers, or teachers were marked for killing because they were educated people. Further, it was a death sentence for their families, as well. Monster, absolutely!

how can you kill so beautiful women only madness can do such thing , i saw on tv that old women of this type of dance trained young ones to save this culture apparently successfuly