Kep Troupe Wins First Prize at Lakhon Bassac Festival 2022

Rasmey Vabbathor, a Lakhon Bassac (Bassac Theatre) troupe from Kep province won the first prize in a competition organised during the Lakhon Bassac Festival 2022, which was wrapped up here yesterday evening.

Neay Peng Pos troupe from Kampong Cham province and Ou Sam-ang troupe from Phnom Penh capital are the two runners up.

H.E. Ms. Minh Kosny, Secretary of State at the Ministry of Culture and Fine Arts, who presided over the closing ceremony, expressed her congratulations to the winners and encouraged them to continue making efforts to contribute to the promotion of performing arts to be developed in a sustainable way.

The Lakhon Bassac Festival 2022 took place on Oct. 3-4 at the Department of Visual Arts in Phnom Penh under the theme “The Culture of Peace”.

Originated from Lakhon Treung Khlok in Bassac district, Klaing province, Kampuchea Krom, Lakhon Bassac is a spoken and sung theatre that has been extremely popular in Cambodia in the old days. It is often performed in various festivals in pagodas and villages.

Source: Agency Kampuchea Press