A Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia, especially those in Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia.
There are two wats near this village.
Angkor Wat
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Having at last got past the crowd of boats, we advanced rapidly for two hours more, when we stopped at a wat, in order to give the men a rest.1857, Sir John Bowring, The kingdom and people of Siam, volume 1, page 165:
Aside from its religious function in the community, the wat also performs a large variety of social functions.1982, Carlo Caldarola, Religions and societies, Asia and the Middle East, page 379:
It would be a mistake, however, to emphasize the Hindu element in Cambodian Buddhism and Cambodian temples. At its greatest it is always a subordinate element and in most of the wats or temples it hardly appears at all, […]1996, James Bissett Pratt, The Pilgrimage of Buddhism and a Buddhist Pilgrimage, page 194:
It is often possible to discern the motivation or importance of a wat by examining its name1999, Steve Van Beek with Luca Invernizzi, The arts of Thailand, page 15:
Cooking, Food, Lifestyle A kind of stew or curry eaten in Ethiopia and Eritrea.
In Ethiopia, a volcanic pepper and spice seasoning, berbere, is widely used, and the stews called wats are eaten with a spongy flat bread, injera.[1987 July 29, Steven Barboza, “Culinary Delights of Africa Reflect a Continent's Diversity”, in The New York Times, →ISSN: