The local musicians were also selling rather overpriced CDs with their music

            A closer look at some of the unfortunate land mine victims playing live ethnic Khmer music hoping for a handout from passing tourists. I am on the rather long trail leading from the parking lot to the Ta Prohm temple in Siem Reap, Cambodia. Part of the Angkor temples, and just one among scores of them dotting the countryside in that area, Ta Prohm is quite a distance away from the main road, set deep in the bush. As we were walking along the long path, the sound of local ethnic Khmer music suddenly came wafting though the air. I initially thought this was from a market stall selling trinkets or food and stuff. But no- there is nothing on the trail, really. The music was actually live, coming from this group of locals, all land mine victims. Many unfortunate locals have had their leg blown off due to land mines set by the brain dead Khmer Rouge lunatics- once they were exterminated, no one really bothered about the land mines, leading to many poor locals- farmers, their children or merely passes by- getting maimed. There is a movement now for de-mining- with one of the ex Khmer Rouge lunatics having come to his senses and being filled with remorse, but this is a long drawn process. More on that later. Back to these folk- they make a living getting tips from tourists by playing live Khmer music at the entrance to Khmer temples. They also sell CDs with their music, but I found the prices many times higher than the CDs you can buy on the high street. I found groups of maimed (how I hate to use that term!) musicians on other temples in the region as well, all consistently clad in that fuchsia jacket with brown trousers. Seems to be an uniform of some sort.  (Siem Reap, Cambodia, Oct. 2008)(Siem Reap, Cambodia, Oct. 2008)
   

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