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I loved that and I really like the back stories to the murals. Interesting how all cultures have idealised the rural and pastoral idyll. Similarly, it's terrifying how the growth of cities encroaches and exterminates wildlife. In Korea, it's tigers. In Africa, it's leopards (here, specifically, the Cape Leopard), rhinos, elephants...
The rural and pastoral life makes sense to idealize because for the majority of human history most people did live in rural areas and did farming. When we look at royal culture, very few participated in that and even living near towns was rare. In Korea they have something called the 5-day market which takes place on the 5th 15th and 25th of the month. Until around the 1970s, that was the only time most people would go to the market.
It is really interesting about the animals that are special in different cultures. I find it most interesting to see cave paintings that are older than recorded history (3000 years + in some areas) with animals we never knew existed in various regions.
Indeed @abitcoinskeptic on both counts. People really envy our village life - which they see as idyllic and we see as just normal!
Around our area there are also a lot cave paintings - not all have been dated - but they do give insight into the Bushman who lived here and the animals that roamed wild.