Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Asia - Voice of America: Khmer Rouge Labor Camp Survivor Learns to Cry

Asia - Voice of America
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Khmer Rouge Labor Camp Survivor Learns to Cry
May 29th 2012, 11:39

PHNOM PENH - Arn Chorn-Pond sits with his eyes closed, exhaling as his fingers dart along his bamboo flute. There was a time when playing the flute was, to him, a matter of survival. Arn  was only a child when the Khmer Rouge came to power in Cambodia. Sent to the labor camps, he survived by learning how to play revolutionary songs on his flute.  He watched as those around him were murdered or starved to death. Sometimes, he says, the music was used to cover up the screams ...

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