Modern & traditional Cambodian music performances celebrate opening of a special exhibit on Cambodian art. At Peralta Hacienda, Birthplace of Oakland.
An original Peralta House Museum of History and Community exhibit, this exhibit on Cambodians in Oakland, features multigenerational Cambodian refugees and their search for healing from the trauma of the Cambodian genocide through the recovery of music traditions that were nearly annihilated.
The exhibit will introduce visitors to Cambodian culture and the political upheaval that occurred there in the 1970s. The exhibit features traditional Cambodian artists living and practicing their arts in Oakland today. Through practicing these arts and passing down traditions, Cambodians are healing from the trauma inflicted on them during the geno ... Go to event
