PENGAJIAN MALAYSIA 3

MALAYSIAN CULTURE

ALI TAJUDIN SUKMA S.L.

INTRODUCTION
Malaysia is a unique country with the combination of multiethnic, multicultural,
and multilingual society that lived together
Bahasa Malaysia is the national language of the country
Three major races:
Malay
Chinese
Indian
 HISTORY
HISTORY OF MALAY
Came from:
Sumatera, Bugis, Java, Bawean : Living in West and South Penisular Malaysia
Evidence that Parameswara-Sultan Malacca was from Palembang.
Religion is Islam

HISTORY OF CHINESE
Came from Land of China
Evidence : The friendly diplomatic relations between China and Malacca
culminated during the reign of Sultan Mansur Syah, who married the Chinese
princess Hang Li Po.
Religion is Buddhism.
 HISTORY
HISTORY OF INDIAN
Came from India.
Evidence : Brought by colonization, British.
Religion is Hinduism.
 RESIDENT OF MALAYSIA
MALAY
Malaysias largest ethnic group (more than 50% of the population)
speaks the Malay language and whose ancestors are Malays

CHINESE
The second largest ethnic group (about 25% of the population)
Speaks the Hokkien, Cantonese, and Mandarin language

INDIAN
The smallest of the three main ethnic groups (about 10% of the population)
Speaks the Tamil language
 ARCHITECTURE
MALAY
Traditional Malay architecture
Modern Malay architecture

CHINESE
Traditional Chinese architecture
Baba-Nyonya architecture

INDIAN
Hindu temples architecture
 TRADITIONAL ATTIRE
MALAY
Men: Baju Melayu
Women: Baju Kurung

CHINESE
Men: Cheongsam Qipao
Women: Samfoo

INDIAN
Men: Kurta
Women: Saree
 CELEBRATION
CELEBRATION OF MALAY
Celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri after the Bulan Ramadhan-fasting month

CELEBRATION OF CHINESE
Celebrate Gong Xi Fa Cai or Chinese New Year.
Chap Goh Mei celebrated after the fifteen days of Chinese New Year.

CELEBRATION OF INDIAN
Diwali also known as Deepavali, Tihar and the "festival of lights" is an
ancient Hindu festival celebrated in autumn every year. The festival
spiritually signifies the victory of light over darkness.
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community
on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (January/February)
 CONCLUSION
Malaysia is a country that has a variety of immigrant and ethnic populations.
This raises a variety of different things between people from different cultural
backgrounds.

Although Islam in Malaysia is not the only religion, almost half of the country's
population is Moslem.

The official language of Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia and English is generally

regarded as the language of business in Malaysia, but not all residents of
Malaysia could speak English very well and other languages spoken in Malaysia
such as Cantonese, Mandarin and Tamil.