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. http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00024/48715227_jqqmJ-Ti.jpg http://turkish.smugmug.com/gallery/1049250_Ys7t9/ 2005-12-17T16:35:44Z Copyright 2009, the copyright holder of each photograph. Some portions copyright SmugMug. All rights reserved. SmugMug <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />The remnant of a decaying housing project, the main building is known locally as "Bo Ding," a Khmer adaptation of the English word, "building."</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715201_hkYL6" title="The remnant of a decaying housing project, the main building is known locally as "Bo Ding," a Khmer adaptation of the English word, "building.""><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00005/48715201_hkYL6-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="The remnant of a decaying housing project, the main building is known locally as "Bo Ding," a Khmer adaptation of the English word, "building."" title="The remnant of a decaying housing project, the main building is known locally as "Bo Ding," a Khmer adaptation of the English word, "building."" style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:06:31Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00005/48715201_hkYL6-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />Bo Ding's dirt pathways fill with water, sometimes ankle deep with bricks for stepping stones, during the monsoon season.</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715199_7WJg5" title="Bo Ding's dirt pathways fill with water, sometimes ankle deep with bricks for stepping stones, during the monsoon season."><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00001/48715199_7WJg5-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Bo Ding's dirt pathways fill with water, sometimes ankle deep with bricks for stepping stones, during the monsoon season." title="Bo Ding's dirt pathways fill with water, sometimes ankle deep with bricks for stepping stones, during the monsoon season." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:15:02Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00001/48715199_7WJg5-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />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.</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715233_4Svyf" title="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."><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00030/48715233_4Svyf-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="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." title="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." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:20:40Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00030/48715233_4Svyf-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding.</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715203_vSdxA" title="Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding."><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00008/48715203_vSdxA-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding." title="Shacks made of corrugated metal and discarded wood house small restaurants and even bars in the shadow of Bo Ding." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:16:50Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00008/48715203_vSdxA-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />Inside the tenement house, dark hallways echo with the murmur of playing children and adult conversation.</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715202_ySdnR" title="Inside the tenement house, dark hallways echo with the murmur of playing children and adult conversation."><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00006/48715202_ySdnR-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Inside the tenement house, dark hallways echo with the murmur of playing children and adult conversation." title="Inside the tenement house, dark hallways echo with the murmur of playing children and adult conversation." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:20:09Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00006/48715202_ySdnR-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />Students prepare for class.</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715229_xicbd" title="Students prepare for class."><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00026/48715229_xicbd-Th.jpg" width="100" height="150" alt="Students prepare for class." title="Students prepare for class." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T07:51:46Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00026/48715229_xicbd-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />Khy Mom, 70, teaches a traditional Cambodian form of music and theater known as Yike.</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715230_xMqDm" title="Khy Mom, 70, teaches a traditional Cambodian form of music and theater known as Yike."><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00027/48715230_xMqDm-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Khy Mom, 70, teaches a traditional Cambodian form of music and theater known as Yike." title="Khy Mom, 70, teaches a traditional Cambodian form of music and theater known as Yike." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-06-05T08:11:15Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00027/48715230_xMqDm-Th.jpg <p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com">turkish</a><br />Students prepare for class.</p><p><a href="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/1049250_Ys7t9#48715218_LKWbS" title="Students prepare for class."><img src="http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00020/48715218_LKWbS-Th.jpg" width="150" height="100" alt="Students prepare for class." title="Students prepare for class." style="border: 1px solid #000000;" /></a></p> 2009-02-21T17:35:29Z turkish http://turkish.smugmug.com http://turkish.smugmug.com/Dance/Tonle-Bassac/IMG00020/48715218_LKWbS-Th.jpg <p><a 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