A Melting Pot of Cultures and Religions
by Kakapo2
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As you might know, Malaysia is made up of the Malaysian Peninsula and of East Malaysia, located on the island of Borneo. The two states over there are Sabah and Sarawak, with North-East Sarawak enclosing the tiny Sultanate of Brunei. The major part of Borneo belongs to Indonesia.
Malaysia’s capital Kuala Lumpur is located on the western fringe of the Peninsula. It was founded in the middle of the 19th century when tin prospectors settled at the convergence of the Klang and Gombak rivers. Today it has about 1.3 million inhabitants.
What impresses me most in this city and the country as a whole is that many different races who are attached to different religions live together peacefully. The main races are the Malays, the Chinese, and the Indians.
The culture, architecture, languages, customs, and cuisines are as diverse as all those ethniticies, and you get well aware of this even on a short visit like my one-day stopover. You find impressive castles and temples side by side with skyscrapers – and still a lot of green spaces where you can breathe. If you can breathe on a hot and humid day, and do not prefer to stay in an airconditioned room or taxi ;-)
To be, or not to be...
by kenmerk
A small long-tailed macaque monkey ponders the meaning of his existance on this small lonely planet of ours...
Or maybe not, he may just be contenplating his next bowel movement... (hard to tell with monkeys...)
Malaysia of palace
by TIAc
The palace is Sooooo huge and gorgeous that I ever seen beforeO_OBut it didnt permit any one to get inside except government officals.
Anyway,we still enjoy our taking a photo as a memento...
ps. we were independent travel on this journey !
CRAFT COMPLEX
by Adeline_Foo
There are two craft centres in Malaysia; one in Kuala Lumpur and the other in Langkawi. Known as Kompleks Kraf, the Malaysian handicrafts showroom act as a 'One Stop Centre' for tourists to purchase local knick knack.
The complex in Kuala Lumpur is a stone throw's away from Bukit Bintang area, a famous shopping district in the city. Strategically located, the centre offers numerous souvenir items that are uniquely Malaysian. The choices are abundant- ceramics, batik clothing, wooden ornaments and a lot more.
Kompleks Kraf is also a focal point for various organisations to promote the local crafts industry and to showcase their products. If you're here, don't just shop, check out the numerous activities conducted at the complex. You'll get to see demonstrations of batik drawings, songket weaving and ceramic making. Batik and songket are traditional fabrics used in making Malay costumes. Special programmes such as the Crafts Fair and Orang Asli (the indigenous) Handicrafts are also held at the complex. And when you're here, do participate in the interactive activities to experience of how, for example, batik drawing is done
Eat using your hands.
by apang7
There are mainly 3 major ethnic group in Malaysia; Malay, Chinese and Indian. Malay and Indian usually eat their mix rice using hand..... but make sure you are using right hand, eating using left hand is considered inappropriate. The chinese usually use their chopstik. But in almost all restaurants/stalls/food court do provide clean cutleries.
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Traditional motif
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Petrona Twin Towers
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