(ÉËnÃ¦krÉËnÉªzÉm) n. 1. the representation of an event, person, or thing in a historical context in which it could not have occurred or existed. 2. a person or thing that belongs or seems to belong to another time: she regards the Church as an anachronism.
The religions of Indochina are numerous, but the main religions are prevalent throughout the region. Indian traders brought Hindu and Buddhist religions across the ocean from the west. The distinctive Indian culture and architecture, reflected in temples of Angkor, Cambodia, led to the area that includes Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam being called Indochina. People known as Mon and Khmer occupied the Cambodian area from the North and between A.D 800s and 1200s it was the center of the Khmer empire.
Cao Dai (also Caodaism or Caodaiism) is a new religious movement founded in Vietnam. It mixes ideas from other religions. Cao ÄÃ i ÄÃ i is a, syncretistic monotheistic religion officially established in the city Of Tay, tÃ¢y Ninh southern vietnam. In 1926 the Religion, Combines, Buddhism, Christianity taoism Confucianism. and islam