"With a woman's whole affection fond and trusting Sita loved, And within her faithful bosom loving Rama lived and moved, And he loved her, for their parents chose her as his faithful wife, Loved her for her peerless beauty, for her true and trustful life, Loved and dwelt within her bosom though he wore a form apart, Rama in a sweet communion lived in Sita's loving heart!" This a summarised and translated section of the Ramayana, one of the great Indian epics. The passage I chose details the deep and truthful love of the two protagonists, Rama and Sita. Curiously I've come across this love story three times whilst staying in Phnom Penh. And I've had it portrayed to me in three different ways, each of which speak differently about Cambodia. Throughout Asia, as is common
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