RE: Scenes from Da Nang Streets. How Vietnamese People React to Stranger with Camera
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Interesting to learn about baguettes.. somehow I didn't expect any bread to become traditional food over there..
Those men on the first photo really are the perfect models. It looks like they didn't even know that you were taking photos. They look so natural..
I've heard that men in Southeast Asia are sexist, but I have no idea if that's true..
Be careful, so that you won't be a target of a Vietnamese old woman wrath 😂
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It was a surprise to me too. There are also many Catholic people in Vietnam, millions.
Somehow, this country is a true melting pot of cultures. Vietnam geographically belongs to Southeast Asia but the culture here has many influences from China (including Chinese Mahayana Buddhism). There are significant differences from Southeastern Asian neighbors although South Vietnam looks more related to the region.
And they aren't exceptions, local men often behave this way. I have a theory that local people still keep memory about the time when a big camera meant journalism, something very official, meant attention of governmental newspapers and TV who want to see or even investigate how the real local life goes.
Generalizations always bring both benefit and harm... So I won't continue to generalize... 😀 but I will only mention that some guys from the mentioned discussion on Reddit blamed Confucianism (which is not a Southeast Asian thing):
Sexism, for sure, can be different and can have different roots... A big topic... 🙂
Thank you! 🙂 I'll be careful with Vietnamese old ladies, I promise 😄