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Thursday 22 March 2007

The Cao Dai Holy See

We visited the Cao Dai Cathedral in Tay Ninh. A very unusual religion, it's a mixture of Buddhism, Taoism, Confusianism, Christianity and Islam. As well as choosing their prophets and saints from traditional religous sources many famous authors are also saints - Saint Victor Hugo, for example. The cathedral itself is really beautiful - all religions should decorate like this, just take a look at some of the pictures below ...

From Vietnam Photos


From Vietnam Photos


From Vietnam Photos


From Vietnam Photos



A reoccuring symbol in the religion is the "all seeing eye," a bit like the lord of the rings. Pretty errie looking ...

From Vietnam Photos

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