These young ladies are all smiles as they joined an estimated 400 people who boarded 5 school buses outside the Mark Twain Library for Getaway Day at the Getty Museum to see a special exhibit on Khmer. Credit Daniel deBoom
The museum, with the United Cambodian Community, helped bus refugees to visit special Khmer exhibit Saturday.
By Jeff Rabin
March 26, 2011
Belmont Shore-Naples Patch
Several hundred members of the Long Beach Cambodian community rode buses and carpooled Saturday to the Getty Museum for a special tour of the exhibition: "Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia."
The Getty, working with the Long Beach Public Library, arranged for the buses to take community members from the Mark Twain Library in the heart of the Cambodian community, to the museum in West Los Angeles. The library, the newest branch in Long Beach, has one of the largest collections of Khmer language books outside of Cambodia. Long Beach has the largest population of Cambodians outside of Southeast Asia.
Sereivuth Prak, a long-time leader of the Cambodian community, was thrilled that the Getty sent buses to take Long Beach residents to the exhibition. "It's a great honor for us," Prak said. "It makes us feel proud."
A former executive director of United Cambodian Community, Prak said a lot of younger Cambodians probably don't know much about their roots. The exhibition is "a perfect time for them to see what it's all about."
"Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia" runs at the Getty Museum until August 14.
According to the Getty's website: "The ancient capital of the Khmer people at Angkor, in northwest Cambodia, was once the heart of a large sphere of influence that extended over much of mainland Southeast Asia. The bronzes in this exhibition—masterworks from the collection of the National Museum of Cambodia—represent the achievements of Khmer artists during the Angkor period (the ninth through the 15th centuries).
Bronze, a mixture of metals consisting primarily of copper and tin, was a preferred medium for giving form to the Hindu and Buddhist divinities worshipped in Angkor and throughout the Khmer empire. The Khmer have always viewed bronze as a noble material, connoting prosperity and success, and it has played a deeply meaningful role in their culture over many centuries."
By Jeff Rabin
March 26, 2011
Belmont Shore-Naples Patch
Several hundred members of the Long Beach Cambodian community rode buses and carpooled Saturday to the Getty Museum for a special tour of the exhibition: "Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia."
The Getty, working with the Long Beach Public Library, arranged for the buses to take community members from the Mark Twain Library in the heart of the Cambodian community, to the museum in West Los Angeles. The library, the newest branch in Long Beach, has one of the largest collections of Khmer language books outside of Cambodia. Long Beach has the largest population of Cambodians outside of Southeast Asia.
Sereivuth Prak, a long-time leader of the Cambodian community, was thrilled that the Getty sent buses to take Long Beach residents to the exhibition. "It's a great honor for us," Prak said. "It makes us feel proud."
A former executive director of United Cambodian Community, Prak said a lot of younger Cambodians probably don't know much about their roots. The exhibition is "a perfect time for them to see what it's all about."
"Gods of Angkor: Bronzes from the National Museum of Cambodia" runs at the Getty Museum until August 14.
According to the Getty's website: "The ancient capital of the Khmer people at Angkor, in northwest Cambodia, was once the heart of a large sphere of influence that extended over much of mainland Southeast Asia. The bronzes in this exhibition—masterworks from the collection of the National Museum of Cambodia—represent the achievements of Khmer artists during the Angkor period (the ninth through the 15th centuries).
Bronze, a mixture of metals consisting primarily of copper and tin, was a preferred medium for giving form to the Hindu and Buddhist divinities worshipped in Angkor and throughout the Khmer empire. The Khmer have always viewed bronze as a noble material, connoting prosperity and success, and it has played a deeply meaningful role in their culture over many centuries."
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