The Year of the Poet VI May 2019

ForewordAsia, Southeast Asia and Maritime AsiaPatchworks And Crossroads Of Arts, Culture And Tradition: Asian Perspective Southeast Asia includes Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei, Laos, Cambodia, East Timor, Myanmar (Burma). As studies reflect, Asia has always been the home to some of the biggest and the oldest civilizations. Britannica recorded ''Civilization spread from mainland Southeast Asia to China and India. Southeast Asians do not have a strong tradition of art theory or literary or dramatic criticism, for they are always more concerned with doing the actual work of producing beautiful things.'' Additionally, because the Southeast Asians, especially in the western half of the mainland, worked on nondurable materials, it is not possible to trace the development and evolution of art forms stage by stage. According to Matt Rosenberg, a professional geographer, Asia is the largest continent in terms of size and population; Area of 17,139,445 Square Miles (44,391,162 Square Km), having 4,436,224,000 of the world's population of 7.6 billion (2017 UN estimate). Dominating religions in Asia are Christianity, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism and Shintoism and Judaism. Asian music, dance, and songs were originally associated with tribal rituals. Patchworks of Arts, Culture, Religion and Tradition [...]