OP EDS OPINION | ACADEMIA- ASEAN needs intercultural and interreligious dialogue
Javanese and ethnic Chinese residents of Sudiroprajan village in Surakarta, Central Java, take part in the annual Umbul Mantram ritual of reciting prayers to welcome Chinese New Year, in this file photo from February 2018. (JP/Ganug Nugroho Adi)
Ahmad Suaedy
The Jakarta Post-PREMIUM
Jakarta ● Fri, July 28, 2023
From a cultural and religious perspective, ASEAN is a complex and pluralistic society, but it has strong historical roots of harmony.
Despite the significant differences in cultural expressions among its 10 member states plus Timor-Leste, these countries share a long history of spiritual, religious and cultural dynamics that are in sync with each other.
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Memento Maxima Digital MarketingASEAN is also distinguished by the different religious beliefs between mainland Southeast Asia in the north and archipelagic Southeast Asia in the south.
Mainland countries like Myanmar, Laos, Vietnam, Cambodia and Thailand are predominantly Buddhist, while the Philippines and Timor-Leste are largely Catholic.
The archipelagic countries further south are mostly Islamic, covering Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei Darussalam as well as the southern parts of the Philippines and Thailand, with the exception of Singapore in the middle, where t…
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