Sixty kilometres from the heart of the Angkor empire in Cambodia lies the ruined temple of Beng Mealea, almost the same size as Angkor Wat but reclaimed by nature a millennium after it was first built.
Photograph is a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art - Ambrose Bierce. The sunrise across the northern reflexion pond is a popular tourist attraction. As the sun peaks through the limbs of the Cambodian jungle, the silhouette of Angkor Wat becomes apparent. Once the sunbeams breach the jungle canopy, they illuminate the temple’s red, pink, and salmon-colored sandstone.
Timeless and durable, the Morcoccan basket is made of strips of woven palm leaves from a species of date palm - Phoenix Dactylifera. The handles are of geniune leather and firmly fixed to it. They are either short so the basket can be carried in the hand or on the elbow, or longer to go over the shoulder.
