Angkor Thom, Elephant Terrace

Khmer classical dancers

Khmer dancers representing Hanuman (monkey figure) with a knife and an Apsara figure, both assuming classical poses in a light rain in a doorway on the Terrace of the Elephants, Angkor Thom, Cambodia. Apsara figures are carved everywhere on the temples of Cambodia, but strangely there is very little information about them. In Hindu and Buddhist mythology they are said to be female spirits of the clouds and waters (best larger)

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