In this dance “Hanuman & Sovann Macha” (an excerpt from a famous Cambodian legend called the Reamker) Hanuman, the white monkey general, leads an army of monkeys to build a bridge across the ocean to rescue a captive princess. But as fast as they pile up stones for the bridge, the stones mysteriously disappear. Hanuman dives into the sea to investigate and discovers a beautiful golden mermaid, named Sovann Macha, who has been carrying off the stones in an act of playful vandalism. He falls in love and eventually wins her over as his partner in the fight against evil.