Southeast Asia
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Southeast Asia is the geographical southeastern region of Asia, consisting of the regions that are situated south of China, east of the Indian subcontinent, and northwest of mainland Australia, which
The depiction of a bull found in the Lubang Jeriji Saleh, Indonesia, in 2018, is considered among the world's oldest known figurative paintings. The painting is estimated to have been created around 40,000 to 52,000 years ago, or even earlier.
Gunung Padang, the largest megalithic site in Southeast Asia.
Bronze drum from Sông Đà, northern Vietnam. Mid-1st millennium BC
Borobudur temple in Central Java, Indonesia
Austronesian peoples
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The Austronesian peoples, sometimes referred to as Austronesian-speaking peoples, are a large collection of peoples who speak Austronesian languages, having settled in Taiwan, maritime Southeast Asia,
Amis people of Taiwan performing a traditional tribal dance
Skulls representing Johann Friedrich Blumenbach's "five races" in De Generis Humani Varietate Nativa (1795). The Tahitian skull labeled "O-taheitae" represented what he called the "Malay race".
Paraw sailboats from Boracay, Philippines. Outrigger canoes and crab claw sails are hallmarks of the Austronesian maritime culture.
Coconut trees on Rangiroa island in the Tuamotus, French Polynesia; a typical island landscape in Austronesia. Coconuts are native to tropical Asia and were spread as canoe plants to the Pacific Islands and Madagascar by Austronesians.