SIMILARITIES BETWEEN SOUTHEAST ASIAN COUNTRIES
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
1:04 AM
Similarities:
Agriculture
Music: angklung
South of China, East of India
Used to be colonized (except Siam/Thailand)
Diverse cultures due to immigrants (multiracial, diversity [as in mixed blood]) ->rich heritage
Tropical area
Depend on natural resources a lot: Mekong River
A lot of forest land / Largely forested, densely vegetated, rainforest ->mangroves, rivers
Nature ->beautiful scenery
Import harvest from agriculture: rubber, spices
Monsoon season ->tropical climate
Diverse wildlife
“truly asia”
Music has similarities: gongs, drums, etc.
Rice is a staple
->food
->agriculture
Experience with colonialism (except Thailand)
Belong to ASEAN as a political group
Emphasis on musicdance as integral part of culture
->Timor Leste
->Philippines (guitar)
20million Laotians in Thailand (most of South Thailand is Laotian) , Malaysian and Australians in Timor Leste from 40000 years ago due to mountains, resulted in segregation->no homogenous countries
Poverty ->a grave issue in Southeast Asia?
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