Khmer Circle រង្វង់ខ្មែរ: GO Uncover

Monday, 19 December 2016

GO Uncover - Angkor Wat, Cambodia

TIP: According to an ancient superstition, if you touch any of the celestial dancers [apsaras - the way School of Vice did!] you will be fated to return to Angkor Wat again and again...

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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.”