MALAYSIA CULTURE

MALAYSIA IS IN THE SOUTH CHINA SEA.  IT DRAWS ON THE VARIED CULTURES OF THE DIFFERENT PEOPLE OF MALAYSIA.  THE INDIGENOUS TRIBES WERE FOLLOWED BY THE MALASIANS WHO MOVED THERE FROM MAINLAND ASIA IN ANCIENT TIMES.  CHINESE AND INDIAN  CULTURAL INFLUENCES MADE THEIR MARK WHEN TRADE BEGAN WITH THOSE COUNTRIES AND INCREASED  WITH IMMIGRATION TO MALAYSIA.  OTHER CENTURIES ARE HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY MALAYSIA - PERSIAN, ARABIC, AND BRITISH.

ARTIST AND MUSIC HAVE LONG TRADITION IN MALASIA DATING TO MALAY SULTANATES.  THEY HAD SHADOW PUPPETS SHOWS THAT DATE BACK TO MALAY SULTANATES.  TRADITIONAL ART WAS CENTERED AROUND FIELDS SUCH AS CARVING, SILVERSMITHING, WEAVING.  THEY MADE GOURD SHAPED JARS FOR HOLDING WATER.  THEY PERFORMED ARTS AND SHOWS,  THE INFLUENCES HAVE A VARITY OF  OF ORIGINS AND IS BASED ON INDIAN THAT CHANGED EVEN AS MALAYS CONVERTED TO ISLAM.  

MALAYSIAN MUSIC HAS  A VARIETY OF ORIGINS.  EACH MAJOR RELIGION  HAS MAJOR  OFFICIAL HOLY DAYS AS OFFICIAL HOLIDAYS.  THEIR MOST HONORED HOLIDAY IS HARI MERDEKA - THE MOST INDEPENDENCE OF  MALAYSIA.  MALAYSIA CONSISTS OF 2 DISTINCT DISTRICTS OR REGIONS.  MALAYSIA WAS FARMED WHEN THE FEDERATION OF MALAYSIA REMAINED WITHIN BORNEO .  THE SOCIETY OF MALAYSIA HAD IS LIKE A MINIATURE ASIA.  THEY SPEAK MALAYSIAN IN IN CONSITUTION.  THE CHINESE HAVE SETTLED HERE FOR CENTURIES AND ADOPTED MALAYSIAN FOR CENTURIES.  TRADITIONS SUCH AS BUDDIST AND TAOIST RELIGIONS ARE COMMON.  THE CHINESE HAVE INTEGRATED WITH MALAY CULTURE IN A NUMBER OF AREAS.

SILAT IS A POPULAR MARTIAL ARTS THAT REMAINS AND INCREASES A PERSON'S SPIRITUAL STRENGTH.  THERE TRADITIONAL HOUSES ARE BUILT  WITHOUT NAILS AND RAISED ON STILTS WITH HIGH ROOFS.  THEY USED BAMBOO AND OTHER BRUSH FOR HOUSING.  MALACCA WAS A TRADITIONAL TRADE CENTER OF A LARGE WOODEN STRUCTURE.

TRADITIONALLY MALAY MUSIC PERFORMING ARTS APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN ORI
GINATED IN THE REGION.  THEY HAVE AT LEAST 14 TYPES OF TRADITIONAL DRUMS.  DRUMS.  THEY HAVE AN ORCHESTRA THAT DIVIDED 2 FORMS OF GONGS AND STRING INSTRUMENTS AND WIND INSTRUMENTS.  THESE INSTRUMENTS HAVE BEEN USED FOR CEREMONIES AND CHINESE WEDDINGS.  MALAYSIAN POETRY IS HIGHLY DEVELOPED AND USES MANY FORMS AND IS HIGHLY DEVELOPED AND USES MANY FORMS.  IT IS A TRADITIONAL WAY OF STORYTELLING.  THEIR EARLIEST WRITING IS IN 1303.  IT WAS ORIGINALLY RECORDED IN THE 15TH CENTURY FROM THER LITERARY WORK.  THEY HAVE MANY FOLKTALES.

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