A gong is a metallic percussion instrument that is played to maintain rhythm throughout a composition. The deeply resonant sound of a gong—often played at ceremonies or officiations—is also used to symbolically mark new beginnings.

This is what The Gong, the largest music hall and cultural centre in Cambodia, is setting out to do: marking a new chapter in the country’s cultural education and maintaining it for posterity.

Unlike other countries in Southeast Asia, Cambodia has not fully recovered from decades of civil war ...

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