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    2 years ago

    I mean, it may be a stupid question but could it actually be a swastika in the context of Buddhism? I realize it’s less likely in Europe.

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      2 years ago

      Relevant question, but the answer is “no”.

      First, buddhists in Europe are purposefully avoiding swastikas for the obvious reasons, and when they use it, it tend to be some really stylized version like those.

      Second - both he and the woman are dressed in XIX century peasant clothes, which they obviously dressed for the interview, so it means either they are very far into the nationalism or they are part of some folk band (and those folk bands are almost always made of nationalists too).