Angkor Wat
In Our Time: History
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Is It Challengeable to Conserve This Massive, Unique Place?
First photographs of an corwad in the 18 sixties, they show usa that there was a functional buddhist monastery on the temple grounds. The french colonial powers themselves instituted laws to protectthe a heritage. There have always been tensions between the local monastics and local populations who use the temple for devotional purposes. I'm one of the major, major challenges, i think, to day still, is to prioritize how do we find ways of prioritizing local relations with the cultural heritage.
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