Sbaek Touch (literally "small leather"), which was originally performed from village to village, uses smaller puppets and tells ancient and contemporary folktales with comic characters.
Thursday, December 17, 2015
The Reamker ( or Khmer Ramayana)
The Reamker is the khmer version of the Ramayana, a Sanskrit epic from ancient India.
The tale is depicted on Angkor Wat bas-reliefs.
The epic tells the life of Preah Ream, his exile from the throne, the abduction of his wife Neang Seda by Reap, the ensuring war and his reconquest of the throne.
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