Graffiti allowed on an 8 century old cultural legacy...
with an obviously CLEAR DAMAGE... UNESCO? Apsara Authority? EFEO? JASA? WMF? KING? PM? |
Since 1989, the World Monuments Fund, which has done a great job caring for Preah Khan, has classified these Queens as apsaras (nymphs for the pleasure of the gods) as their predecessors and colleagues did under the "mandarina reign"; and thus, has allowed the locals to deface and molest these Queens for worshiping purposes. Hence, the make-up, incense, powder, lipstick, etc. have been applied to them. It would not hurt as to:
- The conservation policy is to let Preah Khan slip into a natural destruction.
- No one would miss 2 apsaras out of +2,000.
- Accountability is easier.
They Keep It Simple and Short (a.k.a. the KISS theory).
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