Contact Advertise About Home Search powered by FreeFind Related Articles Sponsor Ad Chinese Culture Asian Culture Malaysia Culture, History What do you know about Malaysia? If you said that Malaysia is a Malay country with a small size in the map, you are absolutely wrong. For those who used to come to Malaysia will never forget how Malaysia can develop with varieties and millions of culture, belief and customs. We did have Malay, Chinese, Indian and these three races are the major communities in Malaysia. However, you also should consider Kadazan, Iban, Dusun, Baba and Nyonya and more communities living together in one roof.
We also know that about 2,500 years before Christ a much more technologically advanced group migrated to the peninsula from China. Called the Proto-Malays, they were seafarers and farmers, and their advances into the peninsula forced the Negritos into the hills and jungles. History's periodic waves of cultural evolution, however, soon created another group, the Deutero-Malays. They were a combination of many peoples - Indians, Chinese, Siamese, Arabs, and Proto-Malays - and they had risen by mastering the use of iron. Combined with the peoples of Indonesia, the Deutero-Malays formed the racial basis for the group which today we simply call the Malay. This is Malaysia in the time of 35,000 BC to 100 BC, how about Malaysia in the time of great Malacca and Islamic religion? Until the 15th century, the Hindu kingdoms of peninsular Malaysia were largely overshadowed by neighboring kingdoms in Cambodia and Indonesia. The strongest of these kingdoms was called Srivijaya, and the records of Chinese, Indian, and Arab traders laud it as the best trading port in the region. It was the first great maritime kingdom in the Malay archipelago, and other ports quickly emulated its success. At some time around the 13th century, as other entrepots emerged, Srivijaya's influence declined. The lack of a strong central power, coupled with the ever-present nuisance of pirates, amplified the need for secure, well-equipped port in the region. Fate would make this port the city of Malacca. | |
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