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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1932: Guns Silenced In Chapei
; ...truce to permit evacuation of non-combatants from the war-torn Chapei area will be observed tomorrow [Feb. 12] by Japanese and Chinese...women and children in trucks. The truce, which applies only to Chapei, ends sharply at 12 o'clock noon. Credit for engineering the...
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Keeping the chapei tradition alive
; ...Centre on July 24. Kong Nay is part of the chapei tradition, singing to his spirited strumming on the chapei dang weng - a Cambodian long-necked lute...traditional skills, styles and knowledge. The chapei tradition is closely tied into religious...
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The music that has survived genocide and terror
; ...Savy, will perform the ancient art of chapei at a series of concerts, including the...and accompanied by blues-style vocals, chapei is an oral music tradition that spans...grant which enables him to pass the art of chapei on to young musicians such as Ouch Savy...
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IN OUR PAGES: 100, 75 AND 50 YEARS AGO1932: Shanghai Is Invaded
; ...of desperate fighting. This completes occupation of the Chinese district of Chapei. The Japanese bombarded and invaded Shanghai yesterday [Jan. 28]. Occupation of Chapei, north section of the city, was announced officially by Japanese headquarters...
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In Cambodia, Preserving a Musical Tradition
; ...living masters of the traditional Cambodian chapei guitar to have survived the Khmer Rouge...asking his mom to take him to hear the chapei. Mr. KONG NAI (Cambodian Guitar Master...he's also teaching our peoples to play chapei as well. And then my Uncle (unintelligible...
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Sprawling camp is artists' refuge In Cambodia, a fragile hold on passion
; ...corrugated iron and wooden hut, Kong Nei, a chapei player, invokes the morning gods with...and smoke.In their heyday in the 1960s, chapei players were popular troubadours of ballads...traditional musical instruments such as chapei and trou-ou, a two-stringed violin, for...
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HAUNTED BY TENKO; We survived on rats and greyhound meat.(Features)
; ...Ella Clark who were both interned in the Chapei Camp in Shanghai. They revealed how inmates...was still a teenager when she came to Chapei, with her parents and her brother. They...misery. Driven to desperate measures in Chapei, some women finally ended up trading favours...
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Ink on Paper-- 1932 Timeline
; ...cost of $400 million was urged today in a joint bill by Sens. Jones and Dill of Washington. Feb. 8: Japanese troops bombard Chapei and Chinese forces respond in kind, claiming to kill 500 Japanese, a charge the Japanese deny. ... The State Highway Department...
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The Smithsonian Institution' ...
; ...Vietnam and Cambodia: Don Ca Tai Tu and Chapei New Moon Stage 11:30 a.m. Wedding music...China) 1:45 p.m. Vocal styles of Cambodia: Chapei, Ayai and Smot 2:30 p.m. Music of Laos...class 3:45 p.m. Vocal styles of Cambodia: Chapei and Smot 4:15 p.m. Songs of Yunnan 5 p...
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Kong nay and ouch savy, taliesin arts centre, Swansea
; ...deemed to be different, but also the virtual extinction of the Chapei, a traditional musical style now practised by only a very few...gave us the chance to learn a little more about the history of Chapei, while a screening of the 2003 documentary The Flute Player...
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