Robaim Bopha Lokey
Saturday, June 8, 2019
Hoffman-Boston Elementary School
Arlington, Virginia, USA

Featured Performers:
Makayla Tes Yupari
Amina Helton
Elizabeth McDougal
Angela Chea
Liah Man
Natusha Yoo
Roxanna Yoo
Ada Eleanor Baum-Beslove

Cambodian-American Heritage, Inc.
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I. Robaim Bopha Lokey
(Flowers of the World Dance)

We open our presentation with the Robaim Bopha Lokey, or Flowers of the World Dance. This classical dance is created for the purposes of training the beginners at a very young age.
In a more professional and formal setting, Cambodian children, who might have a potential of becoming professional court dancers, start learning the art of dancing at a very young age of five or six. Every day early in the morning, they go through a series of exercises of bending and flexing their bodies, arms, elbows, wrists, and fingers.
While most pieces in the court dance repertoire are for adults, there are a few which are designed for children. Bopha Lokey dance or Flowers of the World dance is one of those children pieces. With flowers in their hair, the little girls’ gracious and subtle bodies bend and arms sway to the accompaniment of song and music of the pinn peat ensemble.

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