Archive for September, 2009

BICOF 2009

Posted in academia, business, comics, current events, history, literature, news, visual art on Sep 29th, 2009

Doin' my best to spread the good word about Cambodian comics & Our Books at South Korea's Bucheon International Comics Festival (BICOF), with a talk on Cambodian comics history. So many comics, so much art, so many cool people, so many bottles of Soju! Stay 'tooned for short comic précis, to be ...

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Pchum Ben 2009

Posted in buddhism, current events, news, Other Goodies, weblogs on Sep 9th, 2009

A few tidbits, Pchum Ben is upon us. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pchum_Ben http://ladypenh.com/article10112.html http://www.phnompenhpost.com/index.php/2009090428201/National-news/police-presence-to-rise-for-holiday.html http://chanroeun.wordpress.com/2008/09/16/pchum-ben-the-authorities-are-calling-for-respect-for-buddhism/ and a classic: http://www.scribd.com/doc/3786126/The-Pretas-Are-Coming Tags: cambodia,khmer,buddhism

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