Art for Kep puts the Khmer kite in the hands of Kep's children: two full workshops
On Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, Art for Kep launched a workshop at the Kep West Wellness Center on making the khleng ek, the Khmer musical kite, with the Association for the Conservation and Development of Khmer Kites. Children from the NGOs CEK and Kep Gardens came in numbers and full of enthusiasm: both sessions were full. Every team built its own kite, and one large kite was given to Art for Kep
On the boards of the terrace at the Kep West Wellness Center, kites wait to be flown, some decorated, several of them large. Inside, the floor looks like a workshop: bundles of plant strips, white spools of thread among the scissors, a roll of brown paper. Dozens of children in blue T-shirts, in the colours of their NGOs, crouch with their heads bent over sticks they are learning to tie.
Art for Kep's initiative packed the room. The workshop ran on Saturday 26 and Sunday 27 September, with the same programme both days and every place taken: both sessions were full. The children from the NGOs CEK and Kep Gardens came with a lot of enthusiasm. Jef Moons, CEO of Kep West and founder of Art for Kep, had expected forty to fifty a day.
Art for Kep organised the event with the Association for the Conservation and Development of Khmer Kites, whose president, Roeung Daro, is also its head of technical affairs. According to Jef Moons, the National Kite Federation and kite makers also took part.
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