From forest temples to island coasts, Southeast Asia’s artistic legacy pulses with ritual, reverence, and radiant color. Across Indonesia, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar, the Philippines, and beyond, Hindu-Buddhist heritage merges with indigenous beliefs, Islamic aesthetics, and centuries of trade. Palm-leaf manuscripts, shadow puppets, temple murals, batik textiles, and ancestral effigies convey sacred tales, cosmic calendars, and everyday devotion. This inclusive regional heritage, oral, visual, and performative, preserves communal identity and spiritual connection, offering the world a vibrant mosaic of storytelling, ceremony, and craftsmanship.