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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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Students prepare for class.
 > Students prepare for class.
Students prepare for class.
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