Phare Ponle Selpak: Social Cultural Center for Visual Art and Circus Performance in Battambang, Cambodia

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2009-12-11

(Posted by CAAI News Media)

Are you interested in Visual art and Circus Performance? If you are interested in these do not miss your opportunity to visit Phare Ponle Selpark, meaning “The Brightness of Art” in Battambang

Are you interested in Visual art and Circus Performance? There, you can find something special related to visual Art and performance. Phare Ponle Selpak is a social cultural center which is best known for its circus school, providing alternative program, keeping them safe.

This school trains children and teenagers that come from difficult social background, which began in 1986 as a way to help young refugees overcome the trauma of war.

This center offers a wide range of socio-cultural activities. Visitors can watch classes and lessons provided by the three artistic vocational training schools: performing arts like circus and theater, visual art such as drawing painting, computer design an illustration and cartoon animation and modern and traditional music. The traveler can also participate in a drawing workshop in the rice fields around Battambang. Now PPS troupes perform annually throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and Australia and gather troupes from all over the world for the annual International Circus Festival, “Tini Tinou”, help in Battambang and Phnom Penh.

The center provides weekly regular performance show on every Thursday of the week with ticket fee of 8 USD for adult foreigner and 4 USD for the youngsters. Interesting in exploring Cambodia’s visual art, you can join and enlighten Cambodia Visual Art and Performance at Phare Ponle Selpak (PPS). A meal can be enjoyed at the onsite restaurant, with everything being prepared and served by members of the community. If staying for more than one day, tourists can enjoy being hosted by a Cambodian family for the night.