KHMER NEW YEAR CELEBRATION IN NAGOYA

April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

 

Cambodian Students Association in Nagoya, CSAN, managed to hold the Khmer New Year Celebration date 17 April 2009. As planned approximately 100 guests participated in the event and enjoyed the celebration with Cambodian students. Among those special guests, there were professors from few universities, Honorary Consulate of Cambodia to Nagoya, Kota International Association, and representatives from Hippo Volunteer Club, Nagoya University for Foreign Students Association (NUFSA), School of Law Volunteers (SOLV), Nakamura Kindergarten, Nagoya Television station, and other private companies. One guest came as far as from Kyoto city just to join the event.

Each guest was gifted a Cambodian-made Kroma (Khmer scarf) as souvenir upon their arrival. All of them were happy to receive the gift. Some of the extinguished guests who were especially invited by formal invitation cards donated some budget to CSAN, while some Cambodians living in Nagoya brought along with gifts as well as financial contribution.

The official program started around 6.15PM preceded by the play of national anthem of Cambodia.

After the opening remark of the President of CSAN and the impression speech delivered by professor OKUDA Saori, International Students Advisor to Graduate School of Law of Nagoya University, video clip about Khmer Empire, modern Cambodia and Kun Khmer (Khmer kick boxing) was showed to the guests.

Following the video clip show, Khmer Golden Fish dance and Khmer Fishing Folk Dance were performed to the guests. Although those performers were not the professional ones, their supple bodies, the smiles on their faces, the comic behavior of the Hanuman character and flirting attitudes the male fishermen captured the eyes of the audiences that they enthusiastically watched each move of the dancers in the silent mood and amazement. Big clasps after the end of each performance made the event even more splendid.

After the toss by professor OTSUBO, academic professor from Graduate School of International Development of the Nagoya University, every guest enjoyed the taste of Khmer foods. CSAN offered them Bay Chha (fried rice), Nham Sach Moan (Khmer chicken sour salad) and Samlor Machu Kroeung (Khmer spicy and sour soup) as main dishes and Khmer sweet jelly as desert.

After the dinner reception, guests enjoyed the quizzes which were related to Cambodia. Ten Cambodian-made T-shirts with Khmer ancient temples were given to those who presented the correct answers.

At the last of the program, the Khmer traditional dances both in slow and fast speed were introduced to the guests.

The official time ended around 9 PM, but some guests stayed as late as midnight as they enjoyed chitchatting with their Cambodian pals.

This great news was also published by a Cambodian local newspaper which can be accessed on line at http://www.kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/khmer/japan22_04.htm.

CSAN-Committee

 

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Year of the Ox: CSAN on Kohsantepheap

April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Kohsantepheap, one among the leading newspapers in Cambodia, has published a column writing about Khmer New Year party 2009 in Nagoya which was held on the April 17th. Please follow the URL to see the article. 

http://www.kohsantepheapdaily.com.kh/khmer/japan22_04.htm

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KHMER NEW YEAR PREPARATION

April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

 


Although the new academic semester (spring semester) has stared, and many Cambodian students in universitiesof Nagoya city are being preoccupied with our academic lives, we always take opportunity to the maximum level we can to promote the better images of our community and our country among the international students here in Japan, especially in Nagoya university. Realizing this common spirit and willing to do the best we can, Cambodian Students Association in Nagoya, better known as CSAN, as every year, plans to launch a Khmer New Year celebration on Friday, 17 April 2009 from 17:30 onwards.

 

CSAN plans to host more than 100 participants and extinguished guests to the event. This will not be just the celebration to enjoy among Cambodian students ourselves, yet this will be a forum to promote modern Cambodia to the guests, too. CSAN prepares to offer on stage the live cultural shows, such as Khmer folk dance, Khmer ways of salutation and video show briefing about Cambodia and her treasures. CSAN also invites foreign friends to be performers so that the world can see that we Cambodians are the friends to the world and that Cambodia is a tourists-friendly nation.

Although we are struggling with the hard works to bring the performances on stage, yet we are happy in so doing since we do it with our hearts.

We hope to see those foreign guests enjoy the celebration.

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Welcome Gathering

April 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Meanwhile every university in Japan was or is preoccupied and enjoy the honor of preparing the entrance ceremonies for the new students enrolling in April academic year, Cambodian Students Association in Nagoya (CSAN) was also proud of being able to welcome new Cambodian students who just arrived Nagoya two weeks ago.

Through a simple, but joyful gathering in the evening of Wednesday, 8 April 2009, CSAN could introduce 6 new Cambodian scholars to its new members. Four students are granted scholarship through MEXT, another is through Asian Youth Fellowship program (AYF), while the other got the scholarship from Asian Development Bank (ADB). Three of the MEXT scholars and AYF scholar are now enrolled as the research students at the Graduate School of International Development (GISD), meanwhile another MEXT student becomes the research student at Graduate School of Law. The ADB scholar is the Master’s Student of GSID from this spring semester.

Although they start to be occupied with their academic lives in their respective departments where they belong, they show their enthusiasm in contributing to the better community of CSAN. All of the six new comers volunteer to practice dances for the performances for upcoming Khmer New Year celebration in Nagoya University. Their contribution is comparatively as a generator to light up the hope for CSAN in its bid for the promotion of the developing Cambodia among international students in Japan.

CSAN would like to welcome them and is ready to extend further helps for their daily lives, and at the same time, all of their seniors are ready to learn new things from them and share experiences with them, too.

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