Saturday Apr. 3, 10:00 @ Café Living Room (9 Street 306)
Beautiful music drifts from the edge of Yeak Loam Lake in Rattanakiri province. It’s the sound of the Yeak Loam Performing Arts group – a community of ethnic minority musicians and performers – coming together to practice singing, dancing and playing their instruments.
The performance will evoke the feeling of the lake and the surrounding area of Yeak Loam. At once beautiful and eerie, a gong orchestra will also play 15 gongs at once.
The Yeak Loam Performing Arts group was formed four years ago and is renowned throughout Rattanakiri, where the artists perform their work, meet together and, through this, maintain a strong bond with their music and culture. Younger members join the group in order to learn traditional songs from elder teachers and performances are done in traditional costumes made by local artisans.
Performance is free, but the group will be accepting donations as well as selling handicrafts and musical instruments.
