Churches in Vietnam

You travel to the other end of the world to have foreign, exotic experiences and what do you see?

Churches!

perspektive barockkirche




Gladly with Jesus and Mary…
 
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… in the park or at the market.
 
naturkirche marktkirche




Some churches look more like temples …
 
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… but not on the inside.
 
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There are also Stations of the Cross and Madonna figures.
 
kreuzweg maria




Vietnamese are really into kitsch, the 8% Christians too.
 
marien leuchtreklame




The churches of the Vietnamese Cao Đài religion are something special. Cao Đài is a mixture of Christianity, Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism. Cao Đàists believe, that all religions teach the same thing.

I think so, too …

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You can go wherever you want, but you cannot escape the religions.

You cannot even escape from Christianity, not even in Vietnam and Mongolia (-:

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