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in general, Cambodgian songs resemble Romanian doina-s (I jumped from my chair, ears pricked up, and waited in suspense for the explanation.) As a supreme argument, the lady cleared her throat, beat in the pan a bit, started a Cambodgian melody, after which, smiling, she sang a DOINA (probably learned from Vulpescu or God knows who). People, enthusiastic, went on and on applauding, the lady smiled most modestly, blowing kisses, while poor puzzled me waited for her to tell why
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To no avail whatsoever, nope sir, for the lecture was finished. I quickly went to her, introduced myself, and when she heard that I was Romanian and that I even studied music, she suddenly got ill at ease. Probably a Cambodgian would have experienced the same embarrassing moment [I did]. I soothed the lady by convincing her that what she had said was ‘curious’ indeed and, therefore, most interesting. Yes, mister Antonică, and I got the courage to ‘get my teeth
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