Editing Melting pot (section)

===Southeast Asia===
{{See also|Culture of Southeast Asia}}

The term has been used to describe a number of countries in [[Southeast Asia]]. Given the region's location and importance to trade routes between China and the Western world, certain countries in the region have become ethnically diverse.<ref>{{cite book|title=Southeast Asia: The Diversity Dilemma|first1= Sree |last1=Kumar|first2=Sharon|last2=Siddique|date=2008|publisher=Select Publishing|isbn=978-9814022385}}</ref> In Vietnam, a relevant phenomenon is "{{lang|vi|tam giáo đồng nguyên}}" (lit. "Three spears, one point," [[Idiom|idiomatically]] "three teachers, one lesson"), references the harmonious co-existence and mutually influencing teachings of the nation's three major religious schools, Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism, demonstrating a process described as "cultural addivity".<ref name=Vuongetal2018b>{{cite journal|title='Cultural additivity' and how the values and norms of Confucianism, Buddhism, and Taoism co-exist, interact, and influence Vietnamese society: A Bayesian analysis of long-standing folktales, using R and Stan|date=March 4, 2018|newspaper=CEB WP No.18/015 (Centre Emile Bernheim, Université Libre de Bruxelles)|url=http://ssrn.com/abstract=3134541|access-date=March 13, 2018|last1=Napier|first1=Nancy K.|last2=Pham|first2=Hiep-Hung|last3=Nguyen|first3=Ha|last4=Nguyen|first4=Hong Kong|last5=Ho|first5=Manh-Toan|last6=Vuong|first6=Thu-Trang|last7=Cuong|first7=Nghiem Phu Kien|last8=Bui|first8=Quang-Khiem|last9=Nhue|first9=Dam|last10=La|first10=Viet-Phuong|last11=Ho|first11=Tung|last12=Vuong|first12=Quan Hoang|doi=10.2139/ssrn.3134541 |s2cid=88505467 |archive-date=September 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200909182645/https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3134541%2F|url-status=live|arxiv=1803.06304}}</ref>

In contrast to the melting pot theory, Malaysia and Singapore<ref name="pew1">{{cite web |last1=Miner |first1=William |title=In Singapore, religious diversity and tolerance go hand in hand |url=https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/10/06/in-singapore-religious-diversity-and-tolerance-go-hand-in-hand/#:~:text=A%202014%20Pew%20Research%20Center,sponsored%20coexistence%20in%20the%20country. |website=Pew Research Center |access-date=11 August 2024 |date=6 October 2023}}</ref> promote cultural preservation of their various ethnicities.<ref name="ikim1">{{cite web |title=Membina Negara Bangsa dalam Kepelbagaian Etnik dan Agama |url=https://www.ikim.gov.my/new-wp/index.php/2022/12/01/membina-negara-bangsa-dalam-kepelbagaian-etnik-dan-agama/ |website=Official Website: Institute of Islamic Understanding Malaysia (IKIM) |access-date=11 August 2024}}</ref> In Malaysia they say "agama, bangsa, negara" which means "various religions, various ethnicities, one nation."<ref name="umpsa1">{{cite web |title=Merungkai Makna Di Sebalik Ungkapan Demi Agama, Bangsa dan Negara |url=https://news.umpsa.edu.my/experts/merungkai-makna-di-sebalik-ungkapan-demi-agama-bangsa-dan-negara |website=UMPSA News |access-date=11 August 2024 |language=en}}</ref> Malaysia is made up of different religions and ethnicities yet all are citizens and everyone should respect one another, join hands, and work together. Each ethnicity should work to preserve their own ethnic identity while at the same time working together to build Malaysia as a national effort, living in peace and harmony.<ref name="umpsa1"></ref>