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That's one way to stake your (sacred) claim to a place, you build a huge motherfucking temple to your god! The gate to the Serene Fortune Temple is the village's most impressive structure. Most Vietnamese are nominally Buddhists, most Rade are not. When the French ruled Vietnam, they made a Catholic cathedral the center of both Saigon and Hanoi, and to this day, Saigon's main church is still one of its key symbols.



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