CAMBODIANS!
I am officially in the year 2006 and melting in the hot Melbourne air. Earlier I was at the Cambodian temple, where, quite literally, hundreds of Cambodians from the Victorian community came to celebrate the New Year over a course of three days. It was quite a sight. There were food lined up under the hall's balcony and a swamp of Cambodians on the field in between the hall and these other Khmer monuments.
A small stage was set up infront of this field of swarming people, where musicians and singers played their part in entertaining us and providing dance music. A close family friend dragged me in to dance in the small space set apart for traditional dancing. I got addicted and danced for almost two hours, running in and out between songs. The thought that I was being watched by hundreds of Cambodians and probably a few other cultures, who were goggling with utmost interest at the scene, didn't seem to worry me. I guess when you're dancing around a table with a bunch of life-loving crazy friends, who express themselves with relentless excitement, that feeling rubs away.
It was lots of fun!
It is quite a large temple and they were making a new one by the looks of the near-by construction.
There were a few friendly fights but they were stopped before anything major could happen.
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