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and religions...
It's in my DNA.
but it is depicted on
a batik from Indonesia.
Oh my god!
In this episode,
I'm visiting Cambodia,
a land of abundance.
For centuries,
I feel sanctified.
This mountain is
such a spiritual place
described as Java.
Jayavarman II was
the son of a nobleman
to proclaim himself
the Chakravartin,
a 1,000-square-kilometre plain
on the edge of
Southeast Asia's largest lake.
This is a land of
extreme weather cycles.
associated with
the Hindu god Shiva.
it became sanctified.
To succeed, Angkor
needed a stable supply of food.
Here!
happily busy.
That's so amazing.
roads.
water buffaloesů
brought about by
Southeast Asia's largest river.
Oh my goodness!
So your happiness is
dependent on the water?
To build settlements
and survive on such a lake
show the resilience and
ingenuity of the Khmer people.
completely submerged
in so much water.
It's unimaginable.
Jayavarman VII.
At its height,
the temple of Preah Khan
who is overseeing
the restoration of the temple.
popular in Hindu
and Buddhist cosmology.
Jayavarman VII,
who built this temple,
came into power
over a divided empire,
-Can I try?
-Yes.
-Like this?
-Yes.
Angkor Wat.
that symbolises
the Hindu sea of creation.
Angkor Wat is an
engineering masterpiece.
decorative stonework,
in whose honour
the temple was built.
It emphasises
Suryavarman II's power,
This means...sigh.
This is a sigh.
This is crying.
So this is arriving.
The final pose.
Thank you.
Vietnam,
frozen in eternity as
the image of the Buddha.
has a theory
about the change of faith,
This could be
a very good illustration
Jayavarman VII
enjoyed a golden reign.
So we think these
are residential areas.
It's beautiful!
-Beautiful.
-Yes, that looks fantastic.
Religious change,
socio-political change,
Unable to recover,
Angkor was left to ruin,
reclaimed by the jungle.
litter.
to conserve their
symbol of national pride.
A straw.
A lot of straws!
Plastic spoons!
Oh my god, a battery!
I think, we must do it
through a much-loved
national celebration:
on how to paddle
like a real Angkor man.
Okay.
Ready!
is based around
the annual water cycles