February 6, 2017
President U Htin Kyaw and his wife Daw Su Su Lwin
visited Angkor Wat, The Bayon and Ta Prohm temples in Siem Reap City yesterday
accompanied by the Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Royal
Palace.
Angkor Wat Temple is the largest religious monument
in Angkor region, which was originally constructed as a temple to the Hindu god
Vishnu for the Khmer Empire, gradually transforming into a Buddhist temple
toward the end of the 12th century. It was built with smooth stones laid down
in a very tight matrix without using mortar.
The Angkor region became a world heritage site in
1992 by UNESCO. In the region there are the Phnom mountains, the towns of
Sisophon and Poipet along the western border of Thailand and Tonie Sap Lake,
the largest lake in Southeast asia. Angkor was constructed by the Khmer King
Suryavarman II more than 800 years ago. It was very famous in Southeast Asia
for its unique art, including the relief arts on the wall and dragons statues
at the gate of the temple.
The president and wife also visited the Bayon
temple, which is built with sand stone blocks, and a second well-known and
richly decorated Khmer temple constructed by the Mahayana Buddhist King
Jayavarman VII at Angkor in Cambodia before visiting to the Artisans Angkor Vocational
Training School, where they observed the teaching of painting, casting,
lacquerware, stone sculpture and silk-weaving.
The Artisans Angkor vocation training school, with
the vision of poverty reduction, job opportunities, income generation and the
preservation of Khmer tradition, was opened in 1992 for people between the ages
of 18 and 25 from rural area. Instruction is given at no charge.
The school was initiated by the cooperation of
government, public companies and art experts, and is now comprised of 1,100
staff members including 800 artists who work in 48 workshops in 12 villages. As
part of their compensation, they receive free health care services.
Ref, The Global New Light of Myanmar
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