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Budhist and Hindus Sit on the floor and have food in a plate or Banana leaves.

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it is not compulsory to have something to sit. but to avoid applying dust on your clothes you can use a mat, paper,polythene etc

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Except in cultures where sitting on the floor to eat is normal, they don't. English Buddhists may dine on spode china, American ones on paper plates at a country fair.

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yes, in ancient times worshipers of Hinduism used to sit & sleep on the floor. They used to sit on the floor to eat, pray and for almost every other things.

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