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The Khmer Magic Music Bus takes masters of traditional Cambodian instruments and songs to help reconnect locals with their national identity and heal a land still recovering from genocide.
Pich Sarath was once a young man with a passion for the chapei dong veng, the traditional long necked two-string Khmer guitar that is usually accompanied by storytelling in song form.
Pich Sarath was once a young man with a passion for the chapei dong veng, the traditional long necked two-string Khmer guitar that is usually accompanied by storytelling in song form. His passion led him to seek out the legendary master Kong Nai, with whom he studied from 2003 to 2012.
November 30 will be the sixth anniversary of the chapei dong veng – a stringed musical instrument unique to Cambodia – being added to UNESCO’s List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity. The honour was announced in 2016 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.