Èṣù is the Orisha of trickery, chance, crossroads, judgement, duality and languages in the Yoruba religion: a primordial divinity sent by Olodumare and the chief enforcer of natural and divine laws. He is the messenger and intermediary between the Ajogun, the Orisha and human beings, and he distributes and supervises the sacrifices people make. Unlike other divinities, every day of the four-day traditional Yoruba week is his day of worship. He stands at the middle of divergent forces, regulating both joy and fulfilment and destruction and sorrow, keeping the balance of good and bad, just and unjust, and protecting towns, villages, priests and devotees, favouring those who make the proper offerings. He is a close friend and working partner of Ọrunmila, who teaches Ifá. As the Yoruba religion spread, his names changed while beliefs stayed similar: Exu in Candomblé, Echú in Santería, Legba in Haitian Vodou and Leba in Winti. Tellings also differ on his paths: Ifá speaks of 256 paths to Elegua, each an Eshu, while ocha counts 101 paths to Eshu.

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Angkor, near Siem Reap in northern Cambodia, was the capital of the Khmer Empire, which ruled much of mainland Southeast Asia between roughly the 9th and 15th centuries. At its height the city spread across about 3,000 square kilometres, making it the largest pre-industrial city on Earth by area. Its growth depended on water: huge reservoirs called barays, along with canals and embankments, stored monsoon rain and carried it to rice fields. That system let farmers harvest more than once a year and fed a very large population through the dry season. The temple complex of Angkor Wat, built in the early 12th century, is the best-known monument and still stands at the heart of the park.