Bronzes royaux d'Angkor. Un art divin. Afrique du Nord 259 Eating Unsacrificed Meat

259 Eating Unsacrificed Meat

" writes Philippe Jaccottet in the preface to this collection of Haiku that he has chosen and translated

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Bronzes royaux d'Angkor. Un art divin. Afrique du Nord 259 Eating Unsacrificed MeatAngkor, the capital of the Khmer Empire, has preserved monumental remains of incomparable beauty from its past glory. But who remembers that these sanctuaries once housed an entire population of deities and cult objects cast in precious metals? A subtle alloy, bronze gave birth in Cambodia to statuary masterpieces testifying to the loyalty of Khmer sovereigns to both Hinduism and Buddhism. The prerogative of the king, metallurgy was a sacred