Cambodian Culture Minister Stresses National Responsibility for Cultural Heritage
Cambodia's Minister of Culture and Fine Arts, addressing attempts to distort Khmer culture by neighboring sources, emphasized that culture lives not only in books and stone but also in language, music, dance, traditional attire, and the active participation of every citizen in its preservation.
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