1970-1975, 1975-1979, anthropology, becker, book, brinkley, cambodia's curse, cannes, das, details are sketchy, john marston, Khmer Rouge, lon nol, may ebihara, munisotaram, new year, rithy panh
In comment, sounding on April 18, 2011 at 2:45 pm
Happy Khmer New Year, everybody! សួស្តី ឆ្នាំថ្មី! I’m a few days late of course, but my wishes are sincere for all of that. May your upcoming year be full of health, success, happiness, and peace. I was not able, this year, to attend the awesome (and increasingly awesome) New Year’s events at my local Khmer temple – Wat Munisota [I can't ever say that name without wanting to point out how fantastically funny and smart the namers were: Munisota means (in Sanskrit and Khmer): "That which is heard from the sage" (the Dharma), but of course, it also sounds very much like "Minnesota," which was intentional. Brilliant, good humor], in spite of some excellent invitations. But I’m hopeful I might be able to make it to the Madison temple‘s New Year celebration this coming Saturday.
In this week’s Sounding on Cambodia, I talk about:
- The 36th anniversary of the Fall of Phnom Penh, April 17, 1975 [The picture above is Lon Nol Buddhist-inspired propaganda which characterizes the communist insurgency as Vietnamese anti-Buddhist monsters, defeated by the power of Nang Thorani's hair in the scene of the Buddha's enlightenment].
- “Aid to Cambodia Rarely Reaches the People it’s Intended to Help,” by Joel Brinkley, and a review of Joel Brinkley’s new book, “Cambodia’s Curse,” by Elizabeth Becker
- PM Hun Sen rumored to have lung cancer – no confirmation
More after the jump…
1970-1975, 1975-1979, anthropology, becker, book, brinkley, cambodia's curse, cannes, das, details are sketchy, john marston, Khmer Rouge, lon nol, may ebihara, munisotaram, new year, rithy panh
Sounding on Cambodia for April 18, 2011
In comment, sounding on April 18, 2011 at 2:45 pmHappy Khmer New Year, everybody! សួស្តី ឆ្នាំថ្មី! I’m a few days late of course, but my wishes are sincere for all of that. May your upcoming year be full of health, success, happiness, and peace. I was not able, this year, to attend the awesome (and increasingly awesome) New Year’s events at my local Khmer temple – Wat Munisota [I can't ever say that name without wanting to point out how fantastically funny and smart the namers were: Munisota means (in Sanskrit and Khmer): "That which is heard from the sage" (the Dharma), but of course, it also sounds very much like "Minnesota," which was intentional. Brilliant, good humor], in spite of some excellent invitations. But I’m hopeful I might be able to make it to the Madison temple‘s New Year celebration this coming Saturday.
In this week’s Sounding on Cambodia, I talk about: