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  2. Dance in Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    Cambodia's premier performing art form is Khmer classical dance, or Robam Preah Reach Trop, a highly stylized dance form originating from the royal courts.Originally performed and maintained by attendants of the royal palaces, Khmer classical dance was introduced to the general public in the mid-20th century and became widely celebrated as iconic of Cambodian culture, often performed during ...

  3. Robam Sovann Maccha - Wikipedia

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    The characters are shirtless, only wears the srong kor (an embroidered collar around the neck) and the X-like strap around the body called sangwar with a kite-shaped ornament called sloek por. The sampot and pants are worn in chang kben style, similar to that of Hanuman but with simple and less decorative clothes tied by a piece of yellow cloth ...

  4. Royal Ballet of Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    In 2023 director Xavier de Lauzanne released The Perfect Motion, [‘La beauté du geste’ in French, and ‘Tep Hattha’ in Khmer] an 86-minute documentary film on the dance form. It follows two storylines: the Metamorphosis show created by Princess Norodom Buppha Devi , and traces the history of the Royal Ballet from 1906.

  5. Music of Cambodia - Wikipedia

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    Ethnic groups include upload Mon-Khmer language groups (Pnorng, Kuoy (Kui), Por, Samre) whose music consists of "gong ensembles, drum ensembles, and free-reed mouth organs with gourd windchests." Other ethnic groups include Cham, Chinese, Vietnamese who all potentially could have music from their home cultures, but which is "unknown."

  6. Nokor Reach - Wikipedia

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    "Nokor Reach" originated from a folk poetry usually performed with chapei in ancient era for storytelling and to disclose any recent events. [2] [3]The music of "Nokor Reach" was composed between 1938 and 1939 by Prince Norodom Suramarit during the reign of King Sisowath Monivong with help of J. Jekyll and François Perruchot, [1] [4] the Royal Palace's musical instructors.

  7. I–V–vi–IV progression - Wikipedia

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    The progression is also used entirely with minor chords[i-v-vii-iv (g#, d#, f#, c#)] in the middle section of Chopin's etude op. 10 no. 12. However, using the same chord type (major or minor) on all four chords causes it to feel more like a sequence of descending fourths than a bona fide chord progression.

  8. Three Chords and the Truth - Wikipedia

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    "Three Chords and the Truth", an oft-quoted phrase coined by Harlan Howard in the 1950s which he used to describe country music; Three Chords and the Truth, a 1997 book by Laurence Leamer about the business and lifestyle of country music and its many stars; Three Chords & the Truth, a radio show hosted by Duff McKagan and Susan Holmes McKagan.

  9. Tabu Ley Rochereau - Wikipedia

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    When Mobutu was deposed in 1997, Tabu Ley returned to Kinshasa and took up a position as a cabinet minister in the government of new President Laurent Kabila.Following Kabila's death, Tabu Ley then joined the appointed transitional parliament created by Joseph Kabila, until it was dissolved following the establishment of the inclusive transitional institutions.