dragon dances

From cambodia

From cambodia

lkm and i went to phnom penh's olympic stadium a week ago. its a huge colesium with lots of tennis courts and soccer pitches surrounding it. theres also tons of food vendors. lots of activity all around it when we went just before sundown. including group aerobics classes for everyone from kids to grandmas in jeans. its an informal class- instructors start up in front of speakers blasting house music and the crowd starts to gather. there must have been at least 10 different groups, each with 20 to 200 people doing the aerobics class. here's a snippet of the action.


olympic stadium dance from kevin smith on Vimeo.

we also caught two guys practicing a really strange dance routine on top of metal poles. i figure they are supposed to have on a big dragon costume and they're practicing for some folk festival. or maybe not. maybe they just love doing their dragon dances with funny pants.

group dances at olympic stadium from kevin smith on Vimeo.