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The Syncretic Culture of Southeast Asia
Southeast Asian nations did not adopt Indian culture wholesale. They absorbed elements of Indian culture and practices into their own way of life. What we see today in Cambodia or Vietnam or Indonesia, etc Thailand Burma Laos All that we see a syncretic culture Take the example of Japan. Shinto Syncretized with Hinduism Buddhism within Indian culture similarly. If a culture is made to look cool Everybody wants to emulate that and ape that so what's happening in India right now,. especially among the among the youngsters Is there blindly aping what they think looks cool because they want to look cool It's not that that culture is superior, but it has been made to lookcool Uh nowYeah, so
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