I visited and learned about Phare: Cambodia Circus in Seim Reap in August, 2017. This is an amazing place which is feeding children in need of help. It is the best circus that I have ever seen in my life. This is how and when they started this Circus: " Birth of Phare"
When the peace agreement with Vietnam was signed
in 1990, many refugees from various border camps returned home. Among the
refugees, a group of nine young people wanted to help rebuild the country. They
were taught by a French volunteer who showed them how to use art to cope with
trauma, poverty and abuse and set out to create the Association Phare Ponleu Selpak, “Brightness of Art,” in 1994.
This organization was created to help children in the Battambang Province to heal
and to rebuild their society. Today PPSA plays a big role in revitalizing
Cambodian arts and culture through performing and visual arts classes,
education and social support. Watch their story here at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDMRH7TFFd8
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| Photo with the Circus Group after Parforming |
Since 2013, Phare, The Cambodian Circus has evolved into a circus production that fuses its circus traditions with modern dance, theater and performance skills and focuses its entertainment on High energy shows, humor and storytelling – including talented human trapeze artists, jugglers, contortionists, acrobats, fire-eaters, musicians, dancers, and more – all without animals. www.pharecircus.org
Posted 30-June-2018
Aung Myint Thu
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