Celebrating Community
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Celebrating Community

Tuesday, August 26, 2008

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Sweet sticky rice steamed in bamboo.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Classical dances of Cambodia are performed on stage.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

A folk dance glorifying the peacock, is performed by the children.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

A folk dance glorifying the peacock, is performed by the children.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

Vice Mayor Del Pepper and President of the Cambodia Community Day committee Sophia P. Tep pose for a picture with the dancers after their performance.

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Thal Ngin fashions flowers native to Cambodia out of fabric.

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An arrangement of Lotus by Thal Ngin.

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The ingredients for fresh mango salad: green mango, coconut, lemon, lime and taro.

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Vanna Lim looks through a magazine picturing popular fashions with a friend.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

As members of the Community Day Committee reenact scenes from daily life in Cambodia, a visitor to the fair captures it all on film!

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The harvest parade circles the park showing the bounty of local products and produce from the region.

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Photo by Louise Krafft/Gazette

The Mohoree Ensemble performs.

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A tapestry depicting Angkor Wat.

Sunday afternoon, the City of Alexandria and Cambodian Community Day Committee sponsored the Cambodian Community Day at Ben Brenman Park in Cameron Station. The afternoon was filled with folk dances, classical music, history, food, arts & crafts and more.

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