3 Cemeteries and a Funeral at Anchor Wat Cambodia

Trip Start Dec 03, 2003
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Trip End Nov 03, 2008


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Tuesday, May 8, 2007

Seemed that every Buddhist Temple had shrines that held peoples ashes . .  the more important or wealthy the individual the larger the shrine.

Cemetery 6
Cemetery 6
   Cemetery 8
Cemetery 8













Cemetery in Anchor Wat
Cemetery in Anchor Wat
   Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 3
Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 3

















This is the Veterans Cemetery. The high ranking Generals had there own shrines, the solders were in a mausoleum of sorts. The entire cemetery was surrounded by a serpent being held by solders.

Serpent Head
Serpent Head
   Serpent Body and Tail
Serpent Body and Tail












Cambodian Vetrans Mosoleum
Cambodian Vetrans Mosoleum
   Cambodian Mosoleum Wall
Cambodian Mosoleum Wall













Veterans Cemetery 10
Veterans Cemetery 10
   Vetrans Cemetery 14
Vetrans Cemetery 14














Vetrans Cemtery 11
Vetrans Cemtery 11
   Vetrans Cemtery 13
Vetrans Cemtery 13











Vetrans Cemtery 9
Vetrans Cemtery 9















About 4 doors down from the hotel we staid at there was somebody who died . . . the body was brought to the house with great pomp and circumstance and then for 7 days and 7 nights . . the music never stopped. Loud enough the whole neighborhood could here it . . and there were none stop people . . .for 7 days . . .it was a relief when it was over.

Funeral
Funeral














Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 2
Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 2
   Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 4
Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 4












Cemtery 7
Cemtery 7
   Small Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 1
Small Cemetery in Anchor Wat - 1
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