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Buddhism

Buddhism – Southeast Asia – 2006 Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices considered by most to be a religion[1][2]and is based on the teachings attributed toSiddhartha Gautama, commonly known as “The Buddha” (the Awakened One), who was born in what is today Nepal.[3][4] He lived and taught in the northeastern region of the Indian subcontinent and likely [ READ MORE ]

Monks

Bhikkhu – Southeast Asia – 2006 A Bhikkhu (Pāli), Bhiksu (Sanskrit) (Thai: ภิกษุ) is a fully ordained male Buddhist monastic. Female monastics are called Bhikkhunis (Skt: Bhikṣuṇīs). Bhikkhus and Bhikkhunis keep many precepts: they live by the vinaya‘s framework of monastic discipline, the basic rules of which are called the patimokkha. Their lifestyle is shaped so as to support their spiritual practice, to live a [ READ MORE ]

Tuk Tuk

Southeast Asia – 2006 An auto rickshaw or tuk tuk (auto, rick, autorick or rickshaw in popular parlance) is a motor vehicle that is one of the chiefmodes of transport across many parts of South and East Asia, especially as a vehicle for hire. It is a motorized version of the traditional rickshaw or velotaxi, a small three-wheeled cart driven by a person, and is related to the cabin cycle. Auto rickshaws are particularly popular [ READ MORE ]

Angkor Wat

Angkor Wat -Cambodia – 2006 Angkor Wat (or Angkor Vat) (Khmer: អង្គរវត្ត), is a temple complex at Angkor, Cambodia, built for the king Suryavarman II in the early 12th century as his state temple and capital city. As the best-preserved temple at the site, it is the only one to have remained a significant religious centre since its foundation—first Hindu, dedicated to Vishnu, [ READ MORE ]

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