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Thirty archers armed with bamboo bows and arrows sit on a platform awaiting instruction. They take aim at a straw cylinder about 18 metres away. Each archer has 34 arrows to shoot in four minutes.

Traditional and modern sets of bows and arrows are laid on a long table in the Royal Archery Club, established in Siem Reap town’s Prasat Bakong District, where visitors are introduced to the ...