Apsara Dance Bopha Devi 1966

From the 1966 film “Apsara“ by HRH Norodom Sihanouk In 1940s, Queen Sisowath Kosamak Naryrath, the wife of King Norodom Suramarit was set an invitation to Sothearath primary school, seeing the school mistress prepared a inspiration angkor apsara dance which is performed by young school in the paper apsara costume includes Crown,Sampot and Flower, all dealed from Apsara in Angkor Wat. The Queen got the idea to re-create the dance and leaded her first grand daughter, Princess Norodom Bopha Devi, a daughter of Norodom Sihanouk to become a first public apsara ever. The Princess started practicing the dance since she was 5 years old and danced apsara for first time during King Norodom Sihanouk’s work. is an independent research organization working to decode an arc
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