Khmer Circle រង្វង់ខ្មែរ: Bridging the divide

Friday, 26 May 2017

Bridging the divide

Fri, 26 May 2017

Apsara Authority officials and others pose for a photograph after inaugurating a floating bridge leading to the Angkor Wat temple yesterday in Siem Reap province.

The bridge will allow visitors access to the world heritage site while the stone bridge nearby undergoes restoration.

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The long tragedy of Cham history

“The process [‘Nam Tien’ or Vietnamese southward expansion] was well defined by Léopold Cadière in 1911: “As soon as they feel themselves able, they drive off the first inhabitants, whether in a peaceful manner, by taking over the land, clearing it and “planting the bamboo” – the hedges that to this day still surround Annamese gardens and villages – or by violence, then they fight with the Chams, destroying their temples and mutilating their statues.” In short, there was no room left for the Chams.”