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 Isla...

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Main Author:	Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Universiti Malaya 2010
Subjects:	DS Asia
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spelling	iium-54122011-11-23T01:20:37Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/5412/ Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi DS Asia 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 and Aidil 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. Universiti Malaya 2010-12 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/5412/1/cultural_and_religious_festivals-_the_malaysian_experience.pdf Ishak, Mohd. Shuhaimi (2010) Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience. Journal of Southeast Asian Studies (JATI), 15 (1). pp. 97-111. ISSN 1823-4127 http://bakkdev.um.edu.my/myjurnal/public/article-view.php?id=1694
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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 and Aidil 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.
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title	Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience
title_short	Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience
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Cultural and religious festivals: the Malaysian experience

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