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Originally Posted by Torbek I also thought the ruins themselves were pretty impressive. I was surprised that I had never heard of it before. I think TAT could well present it as an iconic image of Thailand, up there with Sukhothai and Ayuthayya, albeit on smaller scale. | Are you kidding?
Seeing as how the place was built by Khmers in the Khmer empire centuries before the Thais entered the region and decided to invade Ankor and push the Khmers (91% of Cambodians are ethnic Khmer) out of their own lands back to Phnom Pehn, as seeing how it is more impressive and better built than the stuff Thais have put up since, this is the last place they are likely to promote. |
Point taken, but it seems to me many Thai icons had their origins in other lands...Thai dance, Thai costume, Thai language, Ramakien, etc...
Why not hang their hat on this one as well?