Hi friends!
Found two more articles about the restoration of Cambodia, which were written by Russian correspondents in 1983. It is very pleasant that Russian people were interested and empathized with Cambodia. I really liked the article. Very easy and beautiful style of narration. There may be inaccuracies with the translation, please forgive me. Below I will give a link to the article.
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"Once, once,” chasers ’hammers are tapping,“ hands worked, hands worked. Born city. So, so.
“Not at all, definitely not,” the grinding wheels began to whistle and rustle. - Prank ... Good luck ... Lucky case ... Case...
- Will you ... Will you ... - the flame in the furnace hums. - Miracle ... Miracle ... The city was helped by figurines...
...There was no miracle, of course. And here is without chance not go off. Legend tells that the city of Phnom Penh was born thanks to the discovery of the widow of Penh. In the branches of a tree floating along the Tonle SAP river past her house, the woman found four bronze statues of Buddha and a stone figure of Vishnu. "See, the gift of the gods" — decided the woman and begged the people to sprinkle around her home hill. On top of the mound had established these figures, and the place became known as Phnom-Home-the Stump — "Hill of the widow Stump." This was long — six centuries ago. Subsequently, the name was reduced, it turned Phnom Penh. — So,-so, — laugh, tapping hammers, but who did the figures? Who? Who? Masters! Masters! That's it...
Hammers-workers, of course, are right. Everything is interconnected in this world. No city appeared on an empty place: people chose a convenient territory, people built houses, people built transport routes to exchange with neighbors the fruits of their labor. Since time immemorial, Khmer artisans have made bronze and silver objects for ritual ceremonies, kitchen utensils, weapons, iron knives-cleavers, figurines, jewelry. Here and now: the writhing, glistening scales, the serpent Naga of Khmer hero tales and legends— a skilled hand of the master gave him a perfect form. The bronze dancer Apsara froze: she has little space in the Studio to continue her dance. From disciple to disciple crosses the instructor-shows, explains, corrects.
The article titled "Giddy chasing" was published in the Soviet magazine "Around the World" in 1983, №1. The author of the article N. Baratova
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Until next time, @r3benok
Photos taken iPhone 6 S+ from the personal old magazine "Around the world", 1983
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