Tuesday, January 27, 2026

2025 Cambodia And Vietnam: Bayon Wat (II)

 As mentioned, Bayon Wat has an amazing collection of Bas-relief carvings.  Some of these are individual stand alone


And some of these are friezes, telling stories.


Here soldiers and an officer go to war:


Soldiers marching to war.  Note the individual on top of the element.  It could be a high officer or the King:


Design:


Carts bringing tribute or gifts:



No idea.  But pretty cool!


These dancers have some of the same hand gestures we saw in the dancing in Siam Reap:



A naval battle.  It is likely the battle led by Jayavarman VII to drive the Champa people from the site of Angkor between A.D. 1177 and 1181:



A crocodile seizes warrior that has fallen overboard as a fish swims by. The perils of naval warfare:



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