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>Are Vietnamese considered East or Southeast Asians?
Geographically yes it is in Southeast Asia but culturally not Southeast Asians. Why? It’s not like other southeast Asian who have strong Indian influences. Vietnamese culture is close to Chinese and other East Asians furthermore they have just ruled their southeast asia’s territory in the past 200 years after defeated Cham. Meanwhile others (Southeast Asians) have been settled for thousands year and create distinct culture in this region apart from South Asia and East Asia.
Burmese (Myanmar), Indonesians, Malaysians, Bruneians, Thais, Cambodians, Laotians are Indianized countries who shared similarities. Take a look on their traditional clothes and lets compare to this Vietnamese
Vietnam
- Burmese (Myanmar)
2. Indonesians
3. Malaysians
4. Bruneians
5. Thais
6. Cambodians
7. Laotians
Did you see the differences? This is only comparison of traditional dress, yet if we discuss other similarities among these nations we will find out that Vietnam is not in the same plate. Thai, Khmer, Myanmar, Laos may have similar faith (Buddhism) as Vietnamese but believe me, their culture is close to Indonesian Muslim than Vietnam.
*Note (Other similarities)
– Traditional house
– Food/Traditional food
– Physical Features (Natives are relatively brown skinned)
– Traditional Music
– Traditional Epics; Mahabrata, Enau/Panji, Ramayana
– Style of Temples
– Alphabet/capital
At the end of the day, we are united under ASEAN.
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