Stock Photo: Apsara Carving At Angkor Wat Siem Reap Province Cambodia
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Apsaras are supernatural beautiful girls; they appear as young women of great beauty and elegance who are proficient in the art of dancing. Apsara is a traditional dance of Cambodia called “Robam Apsara†Angkor Wat lies 5.5 kilometres (3.4 mi) north of the modern town of Siem Reap, and a short distance south and slightly east of the previous capital, which was centred at Baphuon. It is in an area of Cambodia where there is an important group of ancient structures. It is the southernmost of Angkor's main sites. Integrated with the architecture of the building, and one of the causes for its fame is Angkor Wat's extensive decoration, which predominantly takes the form of bas-relief friezes. The inner walls of the outer gallery bear a series of large-scale scenes mainly depicting episodes from the Hindu epics the Ramayana and the Mahabharata. Higham has called these, the greatest known linear arrangement of stone carving.
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