page_title: Robam Kenorei
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Robam Kenorei / History
caption_attribution_description: English: The dancers of King Sisowath at the Marseille Colonial Exposition, 1906. Français&#160;: Le ballet du Roi Sisowath.
context_page_description: Robam Kenorei or Robam Kenor is one of Cambodian traditional dance depicting a group of benevolent half-human, half-bird creatures dancing in a lotus pond that frequently performed in the Royal Ballet of Cambodia.
context_section_description: The oldest depiction of kinnara in Cambodia is seen at 7th century temples of Sambor Prey Kuk, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  In Angkorian period, kinnara and kinnari frequently depicted on Angkorian temples with different appearance. At Angkor Wat, there are also several depictions of these male and female half-human and half-bird creature dancing. 
  Kenors are also commonly seen carved into support figurines for the columns of post-Angkorian architecture. 
  In 1906, Kenorei dancers performed in Europe for the first time at the Colonial Exposition in Marseilles during the reign of King Sisowat. During the Khmer Rouge (1975-1979) atrocity in Cambodia, the dance almost vanished and reappeared again in 2000s under the leadership of Prince Norodom Bupphadevi, the first master Royal Ballet of Cambodia.
caption: The kinnari dancers of King Sisowath at the 1906 Colonial Exposition in Marseilles.
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