The distinctive culture of Malaysia makes their country more colourful than any other countries in Asia. To begin with, the Malay is considered the largest ethnic group in Malaysia and they continually honour their pioneering race from the past until present. In the history of Malaysia that started fifteen hundred years ago, they were influenced by other foreign and Asian countries like China, India, Eurasia and others. Among these countries, China and India greatly influenced them in many aspects of their culture. These two countries served as Malaysia’s major traders that changed a large part of Malaysians’ daily lives. These three different races combined as one to create a unique inheritance that still exist in modern times. The Chinese immigrants consists the twenty five per cent of ancestry.They were the largest race who had a great impact in Malaysian culture. They were the one who influenced Malaysians in terms of practices, beliefs, and arts. Apart from Muslims, the Chineseintroduced the religion of Buddhism and Christianity. They were also very influential in business and commerce that helped Malaysia in economic growth. In addition to Chinese influence, India also had a significant contribution in Malaysian culture and Indians consists of ten per cent of ancestry. As an example, Malaysians applied the Hindu traditions when it comes to wedding ceremonies. Aside from this, Malaysia has multilingual adaptation from other countries. The English language was largely spoken by the influenced of British colonizers. Cantonese, Hokkien and Mandarin were taught by Chinese while Tamil and other languages came from Indians.
The Malay population mostly live in the Eastern and northern part of Malaysia. They are very conservative so everyone is expected to dress up properly. When it comes to religion and politics, they are sensitive with this point of view since they really give importance on these topics and very particular in hearing feedbacks. In Malaysia, they value their unique culture and they treasure the customs and traditions they learned from other countries. They celebrate the heterogeneous society which is very relevant in relation to their religious practices and festivals. Malaysians are optimistic and very polite. They treat each other with respect and most of them have introverted personalities. In Kuala Lumpur which is the capital city of Malaysia, you’ll taste a large variety of food that would really make your stomach full. As part of their culture, they considered food as their ultimate pride. Indeed, Malaysians had been blended with different religions, races and traditions yet they managed to unite each other’s differences.
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References:
http://www.geographia.com/malaysia/cultures.html
http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g293951-s202/Malaysia:Culture.html
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