Sunday, March 14, 2010

Sihamoni, Khmer king … if only by duty

Former dancer and choreographer, Norodom Sihamoni is dedicated to his people, but he is bored.
12 March 2010
By Dominique Lagarde
Source: L’Express (France)
Translated from French by Tout Louse Laut Rek for KI-Media

In Paris on Friday, the French “Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres” (Academy of Humanity) inducted the Khmer king with great fanfare. The following is the portrait of the man who did not want to be king.
He was a dancer and a choreographer, he lived in the 15th district of Paris and traveled around in the Paris subway metro. Currently, he is the heir to the god-kings of Angkor. Norodom Sihamoni, who succeeded his father to the throne of Cambodia in October 2004, will return to France this week for his official induction, as a foreign associate, to the French ”Académie des inscriptions et belles-lettres” (Academy of Humanity). On Friday 12 March, he will be welcomed under the cupola roof of the Institute of France, under great fanfare and in full regalia.
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