Nous avons passe, Thai Bob et moi, une semaine a Siam Reap, a la decouverte des temples d'Angkor a velo. Heureusement Thai Bob est leger!
Le temple de Bayon... Combien de visages arrives tu a voir?Le Bayon se situe au centre de la citee muree d'Angkor Thom.
Il materialise le rassemblement de toutes les energies du royaume.
Ses 173 tours a visages (181 a l'origine) representent les dieux et deesses du Bouddhisme et de l'Hindouisme (les devatas, les devas et les asuras).
Un peu d'anglais maintenant :)
The Khmer people were so psychologically and religiously jarred by the Champa invasion of their royal capital that they built the massive faces on the walls and gates of Angkor and the central temple of Bayon to protect the city by the power of all religions. The faces served a symbolic role of protecting the royal capital.
On the outside of the five gates of Angkor Thom, the causeways are flanked by a row of sculptured Devas on one side and Asuras on the other gripping a giant naga (snake).
This is a Hindu legend : The Churning of the Sea of Milk. It relates how Devas and Asuras (gods and demons) cooperated in retrieving the secret potion of the elixir of immortality from the sea.
The gods and demons use the serpent Vasuki as a cord wound around the holy Mount Mandara, which rises from the sea of milk. The demons hold the head of the serpent and the gods hold its tail. At the centre of the sea, the serpent is coiled around Mt Mandara.
Vishnu, incarnated as a huge turtle, lends his shell to serve as the base and pivot of Mt Mandara.
Thai Bob est infernal !!! Do not climb!!! Et il fait mine de ne pas comprendre...
Mais où est Thai Bob?
Sous le Garuda...Le Garuda est un grand oiseau de la mythologie hindouiste. Il y en a beaucoup à Angkor.
Thai Bob se prend pour Indiana Jones à Ta Prohm...A la decouverte du temple perdu :0
L'arbre de Tomb Raider !
Angkor Wat !
Pre Rup. Le temple aurait servi de crematorium royal.
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