Cambodia dance group overturns traditional dance performed by women since 7th century
Cambodia’s first all-male gay dance troupe has overturned the Kingdom’s ancient tradition by performing a classical apsara dance, traditionally performed by women, dating back to the 7th century - to mixed reactions.
In 2016, the group, named Prumsodun Ok & Natyarasa, made its debut at the Department of Performing Art in Phnom Penh to a packed audience who came to see their apsara performance. In Hindu culture, an apsara is a female spirit of the clouds and water.
This is the article but the link includes a video shows of the boys being trained
https://www.scmp.com/video/asia/3031...ient-tradition
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https://sawatdeenetwork.com/v4/showt...bodian-dancers
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Re: Cambodia dance group overturns traditional dance performed by women since 7th century
Rappler the Phillipines and Indonesian gay papers also has a similar article
https://www.rappler.com/life-and-sty...ries-tradition
Re: Cambodia dance group overturns traditional dance performed by women since 7th century
The BBC has reported on this (with video) in the past few hours - https://www.bbc.com/news/av/world-as...-dance-company
