This is second reference to the Bassac district I've come across today. It's an article on the Phnom Penh Post titled "The Break dancers of Bassac." The article is by Phatry Derek Pan who blogs from Cambodia and I've stumbled across before (see his response in the comments.)
The other mention of this area came from the Dengue Fever report about their tour in Cambodia.
then we hooked up with a group of kids who perform traditional song and dance from the ghetto, they gave us a private show of dance and singing in the projects 1:30pm...so touching and beautiful...then we rehearsed a bunch of songs with them to play in the Basaac district in the shanty town... then we played at the shanty town stage 6pm...it was insane and way out of any of our elements. comunication was minimal...raw wires and crazy lights, generators and trash...naked kids and crazy security dudes....sound was like we were coming out of a giant telephone...the pa was an assortment of about 50 different speakers..it was great.
What I'm wondering is about is whether or not Bassac is the place I photographed when in Cambodia? My driver pronounced it Bouring. If not, are there photos online someplace?
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Beth,
Not "Bouring", but "Building". Most Phnom Penhers pronounce it as "bu ding". "Building", an old construction built since the 1960s, is located in (Tonle)Bassac district(Khmer: Sangkat Tonlé Bassac).
Wanna
Posted by: Wanna | December 28, 2005 at 05:27 AM
Hi Beth -
There's a large building built by Van Molyvann; that and the squatter community surrounding it are referred to as the 'Tonle Bassac' community.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jinja_cambodia/sets/597128/
It's near the burnt-out National Theatre and many artists settled there as a result. Many of the teachers and students from Cambodian Living Arts are there.
http://www.cambodianmasters.org
The residents have been told that they are being evicted. They recently put on a community show at Sovanna Phum's theatre, and Kalabird took pictures.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalabird/sets/1582974/
Posted by: Jinja | December 31, 2005 at 03:11 PM