At the root of the Chenla kingdom

The three distinct Sambor Prei Kouk temple sites is an important archaeological area. The complex is just north of today’s Kampong Thom city in central Cambodia. It shows the bridging development from the Funan Civilisation into the Angkor Khmer Empire.

These temples were state temples in the old capital Isanapura of the Chenla kingdom.

The Funan state was a loosely organized confederation of cities and lesser kingdoms with large population centres and advanced technology. It was established about 2000 years ago and lasted for about 500 years. Funan covered southern part of today’s Cambodia, Viet Nam, Thailand and northern part of Malaysia.

The Chenla kingdom marks the rapid development of architecture, culture and society building into a unified centralised kingdom and culture. The Chenla kings reach north into today’s Laos, Isaan and Burma.

Isanapura was the core city of this pre-Angkor kingdom for 250 years, between 550 and 800 CE. The first writings in Khmer are found here, marking a continuous writing culture lasting into modern times.

By the end of the Chenla Kingdom unrest and pressure from outside slowly weakened and destabilized the realm. In northwest the Angkor Khmer Empire was declared in 802 CE to finally replace the Khmer Chenla Kingdom.

The Isanapura area is beautiful, with its fauna and flora adding to the experience. In 2017 Sambor Prei Kouk was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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📰 New Light on Early Cambodian Buddhism (A free, 34-page article from 2000)

Tags: #Funan #Cambodia #Theravada
https://buddhistuniversity.net/content/articles/new-light-on-early-cambodian-buddhism_dowling-nancy

New Light on Early Cambodian Buddhism

The Angkor Borei images of Buddha indicate that after the late seventh century, there is a hiatus of nearly 400 years before Buddhist imagery re-appears in the late twelfth to thirteenth century.

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That being said, #Hotel at #WildRice (part 1) was really good! Totally worth it if you can still get tickets.

https://www.wildrice.com.sg/event/114563-hotel-4/

#Singapore #theater #Funan

HOTEL

Every ten years, we check into an iconic hotel in Singapore to meet its residents. Spanning a century and performed over close to five hours in nine languages, HOTEL explores the notions of empire, nationhood, migration and identity against the backdrop of a shrinking world. This immersive, multi-generational epic has…

WILD RICE Singapore

Ayo… Just had a $4.27 parking bill at #Funan for m #vespa. It always used to be $1.25 or something. So paying 3x more than usual came as a shock.

The benefit of #motorcycles in Singapore is that parking is either very cheap (fixed #price per entry) or even free (#HDBs).

Apparently they recently changed the pricing structure to be $1.30 for 2 hrs only, then $0.33 per 15 minutes… https://www.capitaland.com/sg/malls/funan/en/concierge/amenities.html

Amenities | Funan

With a total gross floor area of approximately 889,000 sq ft, the Funan integrated development comprises a retail component, two office blocks and lyf Funan Singapore – the Singapore flagship of The Ascott Limited’s lyf coliving serviced residence that is designed by millennials for millennials. Funan is located right in the heart of the Civic District with excellent connectivity, including a direct underpass linking to City Hall MRT interchange station. As a new paradigm for live, work and play in Singapore’s city centre, Funan offers a synergistic combination of retail, office and serviced residence components that is designed to appeal to savvy consumers pursuing quality of life in a socially-conscious and creative environment.

Speaking of #SimLimSquare - this place is still the place to go for the hardcore geek stuff whereas #Funan is more the consumer, laymen’s place to go.
#CHILE Trabajadores #Funan a ministro Paris en Hospital San José: “No vamos a ser cómplices de estos atropellos a los DDHH...Nuestra gente no se puede hospitalizar en una carpa donde hay agua en el suelo y el personal está condiciones paupérrimas", Gloria Pino, paramédico.
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#CHILE Trabajadores #Funan a ministro Paris en Hospital San José: “No vamos a ser cómplices de estos atropellos a los DDHH...Nuestra gente no se puede hospitalizar en una carpa donde hay agua en el suelo y el personal está condiciones paupérrimas", Gloria Pino, paramédico.

🔴🇨🇱 #CHILE #Funan al nuevo ministro de Salud, Enrique Paris: en su visita al hospital San José, Paris fue increpado por personal de salud, quienes tenían carteles que decían #QueLaDignidadSeHagaCostumbre en la vida y en la muerte y #LasCarpasSonParaAcamparYNoParaHospitalizar
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🔴🇨🇱 #CHILE #Funan al nuevo ministro de Salud, Enrique Paris: en su visita al hospital San José, Paris fue increpado por personal de salud, quienes tenían carteles que decían #QueLaDignidadSeHagaCostumbre en la vida y en la muerte y #LasCarpasSonParaAcamparYNoParaHospitalizar

[Festival] #Rennes 24-28/04, Festival National du Film d’Animation. Entretien avec Clémence Bragard, programmatrice | Facebook

La production de programmes d’animation français est une des plus importantes au monde. Elle se porte bien, s’exporte bien, de nombreuses écoles form