Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding. - turkish's Photos

The Tonle Bassac slum in Phnom Penh is one of the most gritty parts of Cambodia's capitol city. The concrete buildings and surrounding shantytown are home to a sort of university where young students practice traditional Cambodian theater, dance and music in daily classes.

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turkish > The remnant of a decaying housing project, the main building is known locally as "Bo Ding," a Khmer adaptation of the English word, "building."

turkish > Bo Ding's dirt pathways fill with water, sometimes ankle deep with bricks for stepping stones, during the monsoon season.

turkish > The slum is home to more than 1,000 families who moved to Phnom Penh from the countryside in the hopes of finding work and a better life.

turkish > Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding.

turkish > Inside the tenement house, dark hallways echo with the murmur of playing children and adult conversation.

turkish > Students prepare for class.

turkish > Khy Mom, 70, teaches a traditional Cambodian form of music and theater known as Yike.

turkish > Students prepare for class.

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Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding.

> Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding.

Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding.

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