Part I
“See some of the most rare footages and photographs in color of Cambodia in the 1920’s. Cambodia was a beautiful and colorful nation to be seen by the Europeans. Ang Choulean a popular Fine Arts teacher at the Phnom Penh University who wrote and published many books in trying to keep Khmer beautiful Arts and Culture alive.
“At the sight of this temple, one feels one’s spirit crushed, one’s imagination surpassed. One looks, one admires, and, seized with respect, one is silent. For where are the words to praise a work of art that may not have its equal anywhere on the globe? … What genius this Michalangelo of the East had, that he was capable of concaving such a work.” He said: “See Angkor and Die.” Henri Mouhot
“See royal dance troupe and their famous trip to France. Art and dance of the Khmer tradition at it best and colorful displace of beauty. Princess Buppha Devi a famous beautiful dancer of her time. “They were the masters of their world. It was quite wonderful. There was peace and order. Temples full of riches. Happy Brahmins full of good rice, good food. And, of course, some of the most magnificent temples ever built. Nothing in that part of the world would compare. Nothing! That’s quite something, n’est-ce pas? — isn’it?” Bernard Philippe Groslier ”
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