nPostednon October 23, 2013
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Cambodianhad a horrible, terrible dictator for a while—a fellow named PolnPot, whose name is sometimes coupled with Hitler and Stalin—and toonmany years of war and civil war. There were two internationalnconferences in Paris in an effort to bring peace to the region.nFinally, on this date in 1991 a peace agreement was signed, and anUnited Nations peacekeeping mission was launched to maintain thenceasefire.
Cambodianhad a horrible, terrible dictator for a while—a fellow named PolnPot, whose name is sometimes coupled with Hitler and Stalin—and toonmany years of war and civil war. There were two internationalnconferences in Paris in an effort to bring peace to the region.nFinally, on this date in 1991 a peace agreement was signed, and anUnited Nations peacekeeping mission was launched to maintain thenceasefire.n
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nWhew!nI just hate it when people use all their smarts and creativity tonkill one another, instead of to make discoveries and to build coolntechnologies and to create art.
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nSpeakingnof art…
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nCambodianhas an amazing history of art and architecture, music and dancing.nCheck out these highlights:
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In love these rattan sculptures!n Take a tour of the Sopheap Pich exhibition at the Metropolitann Museum of Art (click each exhibition image and watch the video)…. n
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nWatchn this short videon about the ancient, abandoned city of Angkor Wat.n
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In found it interesting to watch this Cambodian music videon – see if you recognize the song! (Perhaps this Cambodian music videon is less Disney.) By the way, we get a good view of some of the beauties ofn Cambodia in these videos.n
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Heren is a video of some traditional Cambodian dancing. Beautiful…butn slow! n
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nAndn of course many dancers in Cambodia do the same sorts of dancingn people enjoy doing all over the world. Like these young men.
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nAlsonon this date:
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iPod Day
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NationalnMole Day
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(CelebratingnAvogadro’s Number)
(CelebratingnAvogadro’s Number)n
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nPlannAhead:
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