ASEAN Culture Week
23 October - 01 November 2002

For the first time, the ASEAN member countries will showcase
the richness and diversity of our cultures. 
During this week, you will have the opportunity to 
enjoy various events around tradition and modernity.
Within the setting of the beautiful Angkor Wat, 
you are welcomed to attend dance performances, 
presentation of visual artists, film projections, costumes and kites exhibition.

PERFORMING ARTS 

PRESENTATION OF HIGHLIGHT PERFORMANCES
FROM EACH ASEAN MEMBER COUNTRY

Myanmar Myanmar Cultural Troupe
Brunei Darussalam
Lao PDR
Malaysia National Arts Academy
Thailand Istana Budaya Cultural Troupe
Philippines Ballet Philippines
Indonesia Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta
Singapore Dance Ensemble Singapore
Viet Nam Vietnam Central Light Music Theatre
Cambodia Department of Performing Arts 
and the Royal University of Fine Arts 
(Average of 10 minutes per troupe)

THE ENTIRE EPIC OF RAMAYANA 
PERFORMED BY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES USING THEIR OWN PRACTICE
Myanmar Myanmar Cultural Troupe
Lao PDR
Thailand Istana Budaya Cultural Troupe
Indonesia Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta
Cambodia Department of Performing Arts 
and the Royal University of Fine Arts 
(Average of 30 minutes per troupe)

CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCES 
Brunei Darussalam
Malaysia National Arts Academy
Philippines Ballet Philippines
Singapore Dance Ensemble Singapore
Viet Nam Vietnam Central Light Music Theatre
(Average of 30 minutes per troupe)

THE ENTIRE EPIC OF RAMAYANA 
PERFORMED BY DIFFERENT COUNTRIES USING THEIR OWN PRACTICE
Myanmar Myanmar Cultural Troupe
Lao PDR
Thailand Istana Budaya Cultural Troupe
Indonesia Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta
Cambodia Department of Performing Arts 
and the Royal University of Fine Arts 
(Average of 30 minutes per troupe)

CONTEMPORARY AND TRADITIONAL PERFORMANCES 
Brunei Darussalam
Malaysia National Arts Academy
Philippines Ballet Philippines
Singapore Dance Ensemble Singapore
Viet Nam Vietnam Central Light Music Theatre
(Average of 30 minutes per troupe)

PRESENTATION OF HIGHLIGHT PERFORMANCES
FROM EACH ASEAN MEMBER COUNTRY
Myanmar Myanmar Cultural Troupe
Brunei Darussalam
Lao PDR
Malaysia National Arts Academy
Thailand Istana Budaya Cultural Troupe
Philippines Ballet Philippines
Indonesia Institut Seni Indonesia Yogyakarta
Singapore Dance Ensemble Singapore
Viet Nam Vietnam Central Light Music Theatre
Cambodia Department of Performing Arts 
and the Royal University of Fine Arts 
(Average of 10 minutes per troupe)

Venue: Angkor Wat - entrance by the West Gate
Price: 2000 Riels (Cambodians), 20 US$ (Foreigners)
Ticket sales: 
· Siem Reap: Banteay Srei Hotel, Siem Reap Town Hotel, Angkor Saphir Hotel and the Angkor Conservation
· Phnom Penh: National Museum 
· On the evening of the performances: at the West Gate of Angkor Wat
Enquiry Hotline: Tel: 011918322 (English), 011818646 (Khmer), 
email: rculture@bigpond.com.kh

EXHIBITION
This exhibition will present arts and traditions from ASEAN member countries. Twenty prominent artists have been invited to exhibit contemporary artworks around the theme of "Daily Life". At the same time, the traditions of costumes and kites around ASEAN will be presented. Date: From October 27 to November 1, 2002, open daily from 9h00 to 22h00

The invited artists will take the opportunity of their stay in Siem Reap to create paintings on the theme of "Angkor". You might strolling in the alleys of Angkor Wat and Bayon temple encounter one of them painting.

KITE FLYING
Come and discover the kites from Cambodia and some of the other ASEAN country. Every day they will be flying in the Angkor Temple Complex
Date: From October 27 to November 1, 2002
Time: Starting at 14:00

FILM - VIDEO
To discover the richness and the diversity of each ASEAN country, special open air projections will be organized in Siem Reap and the Angkor Temple Complex of documentary films around the culture and the tradition of each country.
Date: From October 24 to November 1, 2002
Time: From 18:30