It was March 10, 2009. We went to a shadow puppet theater called Sovanna Phum. We made shadow puppets. It was hard work but I had help from the workers. I was making a bird, so I pounded it with a mallet on the black outline on the wooden surface. The puppet is leather, that is, made out of cowhide. When I finished pounding the holes, I painted the outline of my bird. Then the workers put it on a stick and my shadow puppet was finished!
They have had this theater for 15 years. They still show shows. They have shows every Friday and Saturday. We saw one called the “Story of the Dog.” It was based on a soldier with his brave dog, his wife, his mother, an assassin, and a ghost. It was a good story. After the show they let us go back stage and try the shadow puppets. And there was a store where you could buy and make shadow puppets. Come to Cambodia, and visit Sovanna Phum!
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