ស្រមស្រស់ ុកែខមរ ភគ៦ VOLUME 6 — 2013 DISCOVER CAMBODIAN HERITAGES
Prasat Bakong
Yee Ke Mak Theung An 18th Century Cambodian Love Story
Bridging Distances | Healing Rifts | Building Bonds 2 3
Dear friends and families,
On behalf of Cambodian Community (CCD), I would like to welcome you who are here. We are delighted to present you today a festival that is full of Cambodian cultural activities and entertainments. Our CCD planning committee works very hard throughout the year to bring you the best of the best. A folktale performance entitled Yee Ke Mak Theung is an 18th century Khmer Love story that also exhibits educational values: love has not boundary; love cannot be bought; justice always prevail. The show is quite entertaining as well. It is a prod- uct of tireless effort and countless time of many volunteers who share the same value and belief of the CCD mission. Another interesting activity is a Children Traditional and Contem- porary Clothing show. It involves many Cambodian children and their parents.
I also like to take this opportunity to tell you about our mission. In a nutshell, we are integrat- ing Khmer culture into American society. We believe in the value of keeping and passing on our cultural heritage to our children. Also, we work to empower our Community, bridge dis- tances, heal rifts and build bonds. The purpose of celebrating CCD Festival is to promote Cambodian culture to the next highest level, to celebrate Khmer achievements and to strengthen Cambodian voice. Please support our cause. As you know, our country has abundant heritages, has an undisputable oldest and finest culture in South- east Asia. But the world knows Cambodia only as a killing field. We seek to erase this bad perception. Please continue to talk good about Khmer and about our country, but still reflect on lives lost and altered. If you don’t, who will.
សូម ្វ គមនដល៍ ់អស់េ កេ ក្រសីនិង្របយមិ តិ ជទ្ត ីេម្រតី