Cambodia: Dancers of the Khmer Royal Ballet perform at Marseilles, 1906

Dancers of the Cambodian Royal Ballet travelled to France in 1906 for the Exposition Colonial de Marseille. Billed as the 'Royal Dancers of King Sisowath', they caused a sensation across France and Europe. Here, represented on the front cover of Le Petit Journal for 24 June, 1906, they are pictured performing 'The Dance of the Nymphs of the Forest'.

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