- Title: Cambodian temple site gets UNESCO world heritage status
- Date: 10th July 2017
- Summary: PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA (JULY 10, 2017) (REUTERS) EXTERIOR OF LANGKA PAGODA MONKS GATHERED AT THE LANGKA PAGODA TO CELEBRATE THE LISTING OF SAMBOR PREI KUK TEMPLE AS UNESCO WORLD HERITAGE SITE NUNS PRAYING VARIOUS OF MONKS CHANTING VARIOUS OF MONK HITTING THE DRUMS HEAD MONK AT LANGKA PAGODA SAO CHANTHOL CHANTING MONKS PRAYING MONKS CHANTING VARIOUS OF MONKS LISTENING TO THE HEAD MONK AT LANGKA PAGODA SAO CHANTHOL SPEAKING (SOUNDBITE) (Khmer) HEAD MONK AT LANGKA PAGODA, SAO CHANTHOL, SAYING: "When the Sambor Prei Kuk temple was listed as a world heritage site all of us from students, government staff to monks were very happy. Monks under my leadership gathered here to express our good wishes for the historical decision by UNESCO to make this third temple a world heritage site." MEN SITTING ON PARK BENCH (SOUNDBITE) (Khmer) 68-YEAR-OLD KHEM KHUN SAYING: "This listing is so important for us, it tells the world of the beauty of our temples and more tourists will come to visit this temple." TUK TUK DRIVERS SITTING IN VEHICLES SIR KOSAL SITING IN TUK TUK (SOUNDBITE) (Khmer) 31-YEAR-OLD TUK TUK DRIVER SIR KOSAL SAYING: "My feeling, I am very happy that this temple was listed as a world heritage site. We are proud that we have many cultural temples listed as world heritage sites."
- Embargoed: 24th July 2017 10:02
- Keywords: UNESCO heritage site temple jungle Sambor Prei Kuk Temple
- Location: KOMPONG THOM PROVINCE, CAMBODIA
- City: KOMPONG THOM PROVINCE, CAMBODIA
- Country: Cambodia
- Topics: Society/Social Issues
- Reuters ID: LVA0016P4VUIT
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Monks in Phnom Penh gathered on Monday (July 10) to celebrate the listing of Cambodia's third temple as a UNESCO world heritage site.
The U.N. cultural organization added Sambor Prei Kuk to its world heritage list, the government said on Sunday (July 9), bringing the number of heritage sites in the Southeast Asian country to three.
Sambor Prei Kuk, or "temple in the richness of the forest" in the Khmer language, located 206 km (128 miles) north of the capital Phnom Penh, is home to numerous temples, ten of which are octagonal.
UNESCO said the area had been identified as Ishanapura, the capital of the ancient Chenla Empire, a Khmer civilization that flourished in the late 6th and 7th centuries and preceded the Khmer Empire.
Phnom Penh residents and local monks expressed their joy and pride during a ceremony celebrating the new listing.
Angkor Wat and Preah Vihear, an 11th century temple on the border between Thailand and Cambodia, were listed as World Heritage Sites in 2004 and 2008, respectively. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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