PHNOM PENH: Cambodia kicked off its first ever hosting of the Southeast Asian Games on Friday, in a historical ballyhoo of singing, dancing, flag-waving and fireworks.
The evening's festivities welcomed athletes from across the region to the biennial multi-sport event while trumpeting the country's rich history and thanking its long-ruling leader for recent modernisation.
Almost all in attendance wafted themselves with handheld fans or brandished Cambodian flags — when not participating in an impeccably observed Mexican wave. All stood for the national anthem when soldiers in ceremonial uniform performed a flag-raising ceremony.The main production — a riot of golden finery, elegant costumes and spear-toting warriors — told the story of the kingdom, from its founding myths through the Angkor period.
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