Canadian in Cambodia
& Cross-Cultural Marriage
Episode 25
December 3rd, 2020
Is it Serendipity?
How does a Canadian end up in Cambodia when the plan was just a Gap Year in Germany? Kristin Schuster never expected to live around the world, let alone, settle down in a country so different from her homeland.
Listen to hear about the long journey from granddaughter of German immigrants in Canada to tour guide in Cambodia where she found the adventure of a cross-cultural marriage.
Kristin is here to tell her story and reflect on her balancing along the way and present day. Including chat about music, food, history, and a strange link between the Finnish and Cambodian languages.
*Scroll down for links about Cambodia Pop Music and More*
Cambodian Wedding Album
More About Cambodia
History: Brief Introduction to The Khmer Rouge, Pol Pot and the Cambodian Genocide
World Heritage: National Geographic – The Ancient Ruins of Angkor
Cambodian Khmer Music
Bands with Khmer/Western Fusion
Dengue Fever – A band out of Long Beach, California, which has a large Khmer population. The band’s passion, “is a cross pollination of Khmer rock, garage rock, psychedelic rock and the British Invasion sound that has pushed the band to heights they could only dream of.”
Cambodian Space Project – The Aussie/Khmer band, “sing back to life the lost divas & rock legends of Cambodia’s golden age of music, all but wiped out by the genocidal Khmer Rouge regime. The Cambodian Space Project sound is definitely for the 21st century, mashing tradition with rock’n’roll, rare groove, soul, & trippy visual spectacle. They perform re-imagined Khmer classics, alongside originals speaking of Cambodia today.”
Cambodia Music Videos with Dancing
- The Unofficial National Song of Cambodia and my absolute favourite!
- This one is a favourite: Khmeng Khmer are to teens what the Backstreet Boys were to me
- This one is a really good circle dancing song
- This was the biggest song of 2018
- This is a golden era song by an amazing new artists
- This one was really popular recently with its own special dance (hint, it’s about chickens)
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