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Internat ional Relations Year 1

WHEN YOU READ 1

Match the headings below with the paragraph number. The first one is done for you.

a) ___5___ The role of temples in Lao society

b) _______ Buddhism comes to Southeast Asia

c) _______ Buddhism spreads through Indian literature

d) _______ Belief in spirits: animism

e) _______ The power and prestige of Kings

f) _______ Buddhism becomes the state religion

WHEN YOU READ 2
Read the text and find answers to the questions below.

1. How did Buddhism come to Laos?

2. In which two languages were Buddhist texts written?

3. Where can you see scenes from the Lao Ramayana today?

4. When did Theravada Buddhism become the state religion?

5. What impressed the first European visitors to Lan Xang?

6. How did Kings show their power and prestige?

7. Where was the foundation stone of Vientiane?

8. What is animism?

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