Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center
Bophana Audiovisual Resource Center
Cast net fishing - Cambodia
The four gestures of the fisherman: watching, preparing to cast, casting, and retrieving the net (Kompong Chnang)
Upon arrival at the fishing spot, check and unfold the net (Kompong Cham – Mekong)
Tie the retrieval rope (on the right for a left-handed fisherman) – Kompong Cham – Mekong
Wrap the net around the left arm (for a right-handed fisherman) – Kratie
Untangle the chain links (Sisophon)
And take position, silently watching (Kratie)
On boat (Sisophon)
Or at the edge of a body of water (Siem Reap)
Casting from a boat (Stung Treng)
"Fisherman in casting position (Sisophon)
First phase of the cast (Sisophon)
Phase 2: The cast net unfurls (Sisophon)
Casting from a water source – without a retrieval rope (Siem Reap)
Casting from the shore – with a retrieval rope (Kompong Trach)
Fishes in danger (Siem Reap)
The dance of cast net fishing – Kompong Cham – Mekong
At sunset - Kompong Cham - Mekong
Backlit (Sisophon)
Still in Sisophon
A duet... Kompong Cham - Mekong
Or a trio of fishermen (Kompong Cham - Mekong)
he main criterion of a good fisherman: one who achieves a perfect arc in the cast (Sisophon)
The cast net, like a jaw(Sisophon)
The cast net, like a... (Kompong Cham - Mékong)
A butterfly (Kompong Cham - Mékong)
Throwing the cast net (Battambang)
Viewed from a bridge (Battambang)
Mini cast net (Pursat)
Cast net suspended (Sisophon)
A boat (Sisophon)
Caught in the cast net (Sisophon)
Slow retrieval of the cast net – boat – Sisophon
...or from the shore (Kompong Cham- Mekong)
A good catch (Neak Loeung)
To each his catch (Dam Dek)
Cleaning the cast net...(battambang)
...while spinning it (Battambang)
