Religious syncretism, mixing, is quite common in Asia, as many Asians don't believe in religious purity, to which white people aspire. Even Protestant sects are known to meld with traditional religions in South Korea. Asia is not the only continent with such phenomenon, as it is also common in Latin America and Africa, as especially Roman Catholicism blends with folk beliefs. In the Philippines, some so-called "Tsinoys" or Chinese-Filipinos worship a dualism of the Santo Niño (the Christ Child) and the Buddha, as they have duplex altars, a phenomenon unlikely studied by anthropologists.
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