Rina Uch (left) with her dance instructor, Neak Kruu Sitho, in front of Rina’s Long Beach home. Rina’s husband built the backdrop in the likeness of a 9th-century Khmer temple known as Banteay Srey, for a performance.
Four young Cambodian men sit in front of a replica of Angkor Wat they built at the Philippine Refugee Processing Center near Morong Bataan, the final stop before permanent resettlement in a Western country.
Master Ho Chan (right) with Master Chum Ngek at Khao-I-Dang refugee camp in 1979. They are dressed formally as they would for a performance. The instrument is a roneat, which is similar to a xylophone. The backdrop has been painted with images of Devata, female goddesses, from Angkor Wat and Banteay Srey temples in the Siem Reap area of Cambodia.
Sithy Yi holds a flower and kneels in the traditional Apsara dancer’s pose. This photo was taken at Kamput Refugee Camp between January and February 1981, shortly before the family’s departure for the Philippine processing center, their last stop before resettlement.
