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Ta Prohm Temple Is Home To Cambodia’s Female Apsara Spirits Anne’s Sensual Rebel Blog
Today the conservation and restoration of Ta Prohm — but in a style that pays homage to its current state of nature gone wild — is a partnership between the Archaelogical Survey of India and the APSARA (Authority for the Protection and Management of Angkor and the Region of Siem Reap).
The authorities at APSARA know that Apsara (also spelled as Apsarasa) is a female spirit of the clouds and waters in both Hindu and Buddhist myths. In fact, apsaras are an important motif in the stone bas-reliefs of the Angkorian temples built in Cambodia in the 8th-13th centuries AD.
Several years ago, I quoted Cambodian writer Kounila Keo, who contrasted the history of women in Cambodia and America:
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I love reading that New York indie pop group The Pains of Being Pure at Heart will be heading out for a road tour with The New Pornoraphers.
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