Plumeria (pluːˈmiəriə; common name Frangipani[citation needed]) is a genus of flowering plants in the dogbane family, Apocynaceae. It contains primarily deciduous shrubs and small trees. They are native to Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and South America as far south as...
A U.S. museum returned a 10th-century statue of the Hindu monkey god Hanuman to Cambodia on Tuesday, saying research suggested it had probably been taken from the gate of an ancient temple complex.The Cleveland Museum of Art said it was voluntarily returning the stone figure with a human body and a monkey's head...
Last year, I was working for the major Healthcare client in the Long Beach Downtown in California from May 2013 to November 2013. I was amazed and glad to see the sign board on the street signal "Cambodia Town". It gives me immense pleasure to know that our Kambojas brothers (Cambodian brothers) have established their...
Last year, I was working for the major Healthcare client in the Long Beach Downtown in California from May 2013 to November 2013. I was amazed and glad to see the sign board on the street signal "Cambodia Town". It gives me immense pleasure to know that our Kambojas brothers (Cambodian brothers) have established their...
You won't immediately find out when coming here as a tourist, that certain things in the traditions of the Khmers are quite different than in the western mentalities. But when living here, you will year by year learn about and as soon you thought that you understand about things, you will see that you just understood about...
Melbourne:
Angkor Wat was first a Hindu, then subsequently a Buddhist, temple complex in Cambodia and the largest religious monument in the world. The temple was built by the Khmer King Suryavarman II in the early 12th century in Yasodharapura (present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire, as his state temple and eventual...
Darren Wilch photographs the Cultural Village in Siem Reap, Cambodia, which he describes as a thriving place that mostly attracts tourists. Visitors to the Angkor Temples may also take the time to visit the Cultural Village, where shows related to local culture and history are performed with a little bit of humour. Aspara...
