Malaysia is home to many diverse ethnic groups who have lived together for generations, including Malays, Chinese, Indians, and others. Each group has its own traditional cuisine, outfits, and games. For Malays, nasi lemak is the national dish, while men typically wear baju melayu and women wear baju kurung or baju kebaya. Chinese communities developed foods like bak kut teh and enjoy games like xiangqi. Indians introduced foods like tandoori chicken and games like gilli danda and kho kho. Penang and Malacca are popular tourist destinations with sites like Penang Hill, Kek Lok Si Temple, and Christ Church.
2. Culture
Malays, Chinese, Indians and many other
ethnic groups have lived together for
generations. Peranakan Chinese and Baba-
Nyonya and are terms used for the
descendants of the 15th through 17th-
century Chinese immigrants to the Malay
archipelago and British Malaya.
3. MALAY
Malay's traditional cuisine is Nasi Lemk. Nasi lemak is a fragrant rice
dish cooked in coconut milk and "pandan" leaf commonly found in
Malaysia, where it is considered the national dish. Their traditional
outfits are : for men, they normally wear 'Baju Melayu ', for women
they wear 'Baju Kurung' or 'Baju Kebaya'. The most common
traditional games are Wau, Congkak, Batu Seremban and Gasing.
5. Chinese
Bak-kut-teh is a herbal soup dish developed in Hokkien immigrant
communities. After this cuisine became famous, Chi kut teh is
created so that malay can enjoy the food as well. Chinese traditional
outfit for men are short sleeved shirt & light weight trousers. For
women, they wear 'cheongsam' for traditional outfit. Chinese most
common traditional games played are 'xiangqi' and chapteh.
7. Indian
Tandoori Chicken is a traditional food for Indians. It's a whole spring
chickens or chicken quarters are marinated in a deep red batter.
Indian's traditional outfit for men is called 'Kurta' and for women it is
called 'Sari'. Their traditional games are 'Kho Kho' and 'Gilli Danda'.
These games was introduce by Indians long time ago.
10. Penang
Penang, Malaysia's 'Pearl of
the Orient' carries a natural
beauty and cultural splendor
like no other places.
George Town is the capital of
the state of Penang in
Malaysia. It's named after
Britain's King George III.
Famous tourists spot:
Penang Hill
Kek Lok Si Temple
Escape Adventureland
Made in Penang Interactive
Museum
Fort Cornwallis
13. Malacca
Malacca, dubbed "The
Historic State", is the third
smallest Malaysian state after
Perlis and Penang.
Christ Church was built by the
Dutch when they took
possession of Malacca from
the Portuguese.
A Famosa was Originally
constructed by Alfonso de
Albuquerque (who led the
Portuguese invasion on the
Malacca Sultanate), the remains
of the fort is now a crumbling
whitewashed gatehouse and is
located downhill from St. Pauls
Church.
14. Manglish
Manglish is a Malaysian speaking style with many similarities with
the Singaporean Singlish. It is a distorted usage of English that is
mainly spoken between the locals. Locals rarely speak to foreigner in
Manglish as it is not proper usage of the English language.
15. Example:
LOCAL ENGLISH
Teacher what is this ah?
Where got?
See first.
See how?
You cannot do that!
I prefer the red color one.
STANDARD ENGLISH
Teacher, what is this?
No it's not.
Will talk about it later.
I'll think about it.
You can't do that!
I prefer the red one.
OUR COUNTRY SPEAKS COLORFUL LANGUAGE
16. Unique
way to
communicate
WHEN WE ASK FOR THE BILL
WHEN THERE'S A PERSON USED THE
WRONG WAY OR NOT FOLLOWING THE
RULES ON THE ROAD.
WHEN YOU WANT TO ASK SOMEONE OUT
FOR A MEAL.
Malaysian uses
body language
without
speaking.
17. Bojio
Beh tahan
Pak toh
Ta pao
Common language
Mata
Saman
Siam