South-East Asia in my eyes

To tell the truth started listening to a lecturer talking about hand-drawn sketches in Southeast Asia, I really do not know where to start.Because in fact I am from Vietnam and Thailand in Southeast Asia is not very understanding of their country, let alone draw sketches of them.At first I still would like to MrSharaad want us to draw sketches and studying journalism in Southeast Asia, though?At first I still would like to MrSharaad want us to draw sketches and studying journalism in Southeast Asia, though?However, subsequently to the library access, at least I have a general geographic location of their understanding.

First in Southeast Asia during World War II until the latter part of the emergence of a new region name.A total of 11 countries in Southeast Asia: Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, East Timor (May 20, 2002, the formal establishment of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste)However, countries in the world have gotten accustomed to Vietnam, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand, Myanmar, the five countries in Southeast Asia known as the "state land" or "peninsula"; while in Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Brunei, the Philippines, called the five countries in Southeast Asia, "Ocean State" or "island state." In 1967, Southeast Asia, there is a "national group", which is the "Association of Southeast Asian Nations" (referred to as "ASEAN"), now more than 10 member countries.
Southeast Asian countries have their own long history, and are the emerging countries. In addition to Singapore, are developing countries.Southeast Asian countries are multi-ethnic country. The region has more than 90 nationalities, the Southeast Asian region is also the world, overseas Chinese, the largest Chinese community areas. The region of about overseas Chinese, Chinese more than 2000 million, while more than 200 million Indians, more than 100 million immigrants from other countries.
Second, Southeast Asia, deeply influenced by the world's four major cultural system - India, China, Islam, Western impact.The first is the impact on Southeast Asia, Indian culture, Indian culture, religion (especially Hinduism, Buddhism), language, customs, law and politics, which may have already spread to BC in parts of Southeast Asia.India has a great impact in Southeast Asia languages, early in most parts of Southeast Asia (northern Vietnam and the Philippines are excluded), if they are not directly Sanskrit (Sanskrit), or Pali (Pali), is to borrow the Indian letters spelling their own language, such as Cambodia (the Khmer ) in Khmer, Myanmar, Puma Man (Pyu).
Closely followed by the Chinese culture and Islamic culture system, the impact of South-East Asia. These two cultural systems in Southeast Asia affected until now
The third Western countries from the sixteenth century, in search of spices and the East course. Portugal, Spain, the Netherlands entered the Southeast Asia, the establishment of colonies.Followed by France, the United Kingdom in the nineteenth century in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei (Brunei) and so set up colonies.To the early twentieth century except for Thailand, the Western powers had almost the whole of Southeast Asia and incorporate it into a colony.
The colonists would inevitably bring their own culture into the colony. And more or less affected the colonies. For example, the impact of the Philippines by the Spanish to become Southeast Asia's largest Catholic country.
But no matter how it affects the foreign culture in Southeast Asia, in Southeast Asia have maintained their own way of thinking.
All of the above these are my eyes in Southeast Asia. (Some of the information refer to Wikipedia)