Bale festival seeks to spark pastoral tourism

9 February 2015
The Cambodia Daily
Tourism
bale-art festival / Chong Dowon / Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency (KOTRA) / Kousoum Saroeuth / Phnom Liep commune

Driving on National Road 6 through recently harvested rice fields, six 10-meter-tall structures emerge like vortexes from the sparse terrain. Not far along is the commotion of a country fair: bale mazes, archery games, face painting, a ferris wheel and blaring Khmer pop music. Welcome to “Rice, Life and Culture,” a three-day bale art festival that opened Friday and ended Sunday, organized by the Banteay Meanchey provincial government and South Korea’s trade-promotion agency Kotra. …

 Aria Danaparamita and Mech Dara
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