Devata.org offers important book news and book reviews relating to Southeast Asian and South Asian culture, Our focus topics include the Khmer Empire and culture, Thai culture, Cambodian dance, French colonial literature, Cambodian and Thai folktales, the role of women in ancient and modern societies, Khmer and Indian temples featuring goddesses, apsaras and devata, heritage preservation.
Historian, curator and author George Groslier (1887-1945) dedicated his life and career to Cambodia, becoming the motivating force behind the revival in traditional Cambodian arts and crafts in the early 20th century. Cambodian Dancers Ancient and Modern by George Groslier
The tale of it is incredible; the wonder which is Angkor is unmatched in Asia.” So begins Helen Churchill Candee’s 1924 tale of Asian adventure. Today, visitors can again experience the mystery of Cambodia’s vast jungle temples through her eyes in a modern expanded edition of Angkor the Magnificent. Angkor the Magnificent an Adventure by Titanic Survivor Helen Candee
In the midst of a Southeast Asian warzone, Paul Cravath conducted groundbreaking research on Cambodia’s sacred royal dancers. Thirty years later, the Kiriyama Prize and Nautilus Awards have recognized his newly released book: Earth in Flower- The Divine Mystery of the Cambodian Dance Drama. Literary Awards Honor Lost History of Cambodian Dance Earth in Flower
Three decades later, Cravath’s painstaking documentation of the choreography, musicology, costuming, stagecraft, theatre and origins of Cambodia’s ancient dance tradition is finally published. Lost Royal Cambodian Dance History Reappears in Earth in Flower
