Legends+-+Curse+of+the+Ancient+Kings

=Curse of the Ancient Kings=

In ancient times there was an unknown city in Cambodia called The Kingdom of Angkor Wat. In Angkor Wat there was only one King. His name was King Rithisak Rattanapaibooncharoen. King Rithisak Rattanapaibooncharoen was well respected because he governed the people wisely, but the only thing that’s bad about him was that he was extremely boastful.

In Angkor Wat the people only worshipped three gods. The first god was The God of Life. The second god was The God of Light and the third god was The God of Darkness. Every morning and night the people went to three different Wats and prayed to their gods and thanked them for the good blessings that they had.

One day there was a great war between Angkor Wat and another tribe. Luckily with the God’s help they were victorious. So when the people came back after the war, King Rithisak celebrated with a giant feast. At night, people were dancing and celebrating their victory but all of them forgot to pray to the gods. So the gods got angry so they sent a curse to all of Cambodia. The curse was that the people will only live as long as their king.

So after that done there was another great war and this time the people weren’t victorious and their king was slain in the battle. So since the king was slain all of those people who are at the age 54 and above will die. This is why the average life expectancy of Myanmar is only up to 50 years.