Title – The Killing Field Skulls
Date – August 2000
Location - Phnom Penh - Cambodia
At various places around Cambodia Stupas can be found, some of these religious sites openly display skulls from the victims of the genocide during the mid seventies. The common attitude of the country is surprisingly open, considering that 30 years later the scars and wounds are still very open and closure on the period is still some way away as controversy surrounding Khmer Rouge trials continues. But Cambodia still believes that the way to prevent the genocide ever being repeated is for the country to face its own history openly and demonstratively and not to bury it as a historical atrocity.
Beyond The Blue examines as part of its Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop the subject of Cultural Awareness in order for those attending to have a better understanding, when visiting new countries, of what to expect and how to appreciate the experience of learning from your hosts.
Please visit our website at http://www.safegapyear.com/
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
Date – August 2000
Location - Phnom Penh - Cambodia
At various places around Cambodia Stupas can be found, some of these religious sites openly display skulls from the victims of the genocide during the mid seventies. The common attitude of the country is surprisingly open, considering that 30 years later the scars and wounds are still very open and closure on the period is still some way away as controversy surrounding Khmer Rouge trials continues. But Cambodia still believes that the way to prevent the genocide ever being repeated is for the country to face its own history openly and demonstratively and not to bury it as a historical atrocity.
Beyond The Blue examines as part of its Gap Year and Independent Travel Safety & Awareness workshop the subject of Cultural Awareness in order for those attending to have a better understanding, when visiting new countries, of what to expect and how to appreciate the experience of learning from your hosts.
Please visit our website at http://www.safegapyear.com/
Image – ©Peter Mayhew
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