AN ICON REVISITED
Sep 06, 2022
3 minutes
—Christopher P. Hill
CAMBODIA
t’s a sultry June night in Siem Reap, and the stout brick towers of Prasat Kravan are spotlighted in hues of red and pink under a full moon. As dancers from the Royal Ballet of Cambodia enact a classical Khmer performance on the terrace of the 10th-century temple, dinner is served to a select group of guests from the Raffles Grand Hotel d’Angkor, which is hosting the evening in celebration of its 90th anniversary. Candles flicker on the linen-swathed banquet table;
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