Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience

Malaysia, a multiethnic and multi-religious society in Southeast Asia, has a population of 27.7 million comprising three major ethnicities, consisting of 67% Malays/Bumiputras, 24.7% Chinese, and 7.4% Indians along with many smaller minority groups. The Federal Constitution of Malaysia declares I...

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Main Author:	Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English English
Published:	2009
Subjects:	HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT1501 Races HT51 Human settlements. Communities
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/1/CULTURAL_AND_RELIGIOUS_FESTIVALS_THE_MALAYSIAN_EXPERIENCE.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/4/Deakin_University.jpg

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spelling	iium-340222014-04-16T08:01:11Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/ Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi HT101 Urban groups. The city. Urban sociology HT1501 Races HT51 Human settlements. Communities Malaysia, a multiethnic and multi-religious society in Southeast Asia, has a population of 27.7 million comprising three major ethnicities, consisting of 67% Malays/Bumiputras, 24.7% Chinese, and 7.4% Indians along with many smaller minority groups. The Federal Constitution of Malaysia declares Islam as the official religion, but guarantees religious freedom. Malaysian observes a number of celebrations according to the religious faith of its people. The Malays celebrate their Muslim festivals such as Aidil Fitri andAidil Adha. The Chinese in Malaysia celebrate festivals like Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Mei where cultural celebrations such as the lion dances and Chingay procession take place. For the Hindus, apart from the Deepavali celebration, the festival of light, the Thaipusam is a celebration where more than one million people flock to Batu Caves. While in East Malaysia, the grandest celebration is Tadau Keamatan in Sabah, and Gawai Dayak in Sarawak. Both celebrations are of significance as the occasion to mark rice harvesting season. The paper attempts to highlight the celebrations of the major ethnics groups in Malaysia and depicts real experiences of individuals of each group to show that it accommodates the differences in culture and religious belief. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/1/CULTURAL_AND_RELIGIOUS_FESTIVALS_THE_MALAYSIAN_EXPERIENCE.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/4/Deakin_University.jpg Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi (2009) Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience. In: International Conference on Migration, Citizenship and Intercultural Relations, 19-20 Nov 2009, Deakin University, Melbourne, Australia.
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description	Malaysia, a multiethnic and multi-religious society in Southeast Asia, has a population of 27.7 million comprising three major ethnicities, consisting of 67% Malays/Bumiputras, 24.7% Chinese, and 7.4% Indians along with many smaller minority groups. The Federal Constitution of Malaysia declares Islam as the official religion, but guarantees religious freedom. Malaysian observes a number of celebrations according to the religious faith of its people. The Malays celebrate their Muslim festivals such as Aidil Fitri andAidil Adha. The Chinese in Malaysia celebrate festivals like Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Mei where cultural celebrations such as the lion dances and Chingay procession take place. For the Hindus, apart from the Deepavali celebration, the festival of light, the Thaipusam is a celebration where more than one million people flock to Batu Caves. While in East Malaysia, the grandest celebration is Tadau Keamatan in Sabah, and Gawai Dayak in Sarawak. Both celebrations are of significance as the occasion to mark rice harvesting season. The paper attempts to highlight the celebrations of the major ethnics groups in Malaysia and depicts real experiences of individuals of each group to show that it accommodates the differences in culture and religious belief.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
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title	Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience
title_short	Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience
title_full	Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience
title_fullStr	Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience
title_full_unstemmed	Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience
title_sort	cultural and religious festivals: the malaysian experience
publishDate	2009
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/1/CULTURAL_AND_RELIGIOUS_FESTIVALS_THE_MALAYSIAN_EXPERIENCE.pdf http://irep.iium.edu.my/34022/4/Deakin_University.jpg
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