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Popular Local Customs | Other Local Customs Tips | All Tips (247) Turning your residential house into SHOPS is very common in Malaysia.
Although I don't know how you can achieve that but I am very sure a residential house can be turned into shop and office, as long as you know 'the way'.
Imagine a residential area, suddenly someone transformed their own house into a hardware shop or into a lawyer office.
Quickly, tourists, come to invest in Malaysia, your own house can be a shop, double purposes. Leave a Comment
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Wisely Occupy a Parking Space is acceptable in Malaysia. Normally it happens with shop owners, to wisely 'reserve' a parking space for only themselves. They would place a piece of weighty object right on the parking space to not let you park there, because they think that parking space is belong to them. Here in Malaysia, not many dare to challenge this kind of local custom, if you must park your car there, probably somebody will deliberately puncture your tyre or scratch your car surface, etc. Gangsterism we called it. Leave a Comment
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Around Malaysia, cities or villages, big or small; it is advisable to take off your shoes or sandals when entering somebody's house.
This is our tradition, the Eastern tradition.
I have some foreign friends from all around the world who have lived in KL & they practised the same custom. It's easy to clean their houses, they told me.
Furthermore, they don't want people to bring all those dried, bad smelled 'God-knows-what' thing from the outside into their houses ! Leave a Comment
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Around April annually, if you are travelling in Malaysia, you will suddenly see patches of the hills cleared with many Chinese tombs.
During "Qing Ming" or "Cheng Beng", many Chinese families will visit their ancestors tombs on site to remember or pray as filial homage and for good fortune for the living descendants.
Tombs are on hillside as this is considered as good "fengshui" (Chinese geomancy).
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Chinese New Year
Chinese New Year is usually Jan or Feb and is the most important festival in the Chinese NY. It is ushered in with the lighting of fire crackers at midnight on the eve of the Chinese Lunar Calendar. On NY's day a reunion dinner is held to remember family relationships and to usher in the NY. Younger members of the family visit their relatives and receive red packets of lucky money (ang paus). Long before the day, the Chinese settle their debts and clean their houses. All kinds of delicacies are purchases and flowers and kumquat trees are bought to beautify their homes. Festivities include lion and dragon dances, acrobats, and dozens of decorated floats in a street parade. The noise of the clashing of cymbals and beating gongs and drums can be deafening but nevertheless, a colourful event.
Deepavali
This is the 'Festival of Lights' for the Hindu community. It is celebrated during the 7th month of their calendar (late October/early November). Hindus celebrate by adorning their homes with dozens of lights to signify the triumph of good over evil. A festive day where Malaysians visit friends of Hindu faith to extend good wishes and join in the feasting. Leave a Comment
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Hari Raya Puasa
A special celebration which marks the end of Ramadan, the Muslim month of fasting and abstinence. Hari Raya Puasa formally starts at the detection of the moon on the day before the next month on the Muslim calendar, Syawal. The festival then starts the following day with early morning prayers at the mosque and a visit to the cemetery to pray for deceased souls. Then comes the good part.. the feast.
Thaipusam
This festival is usually late Jan or early Feb and is a day of consecration to the Hindu deity. A characteristic of the festival is the carrying of a kavadi which is a frame decorated with coloured papers, tinsels, fresh flowers, and fruits as a form of reparation. In KL an annual pilgrimage to the Batu Caves where the kavadi is carried up the 272 steps to the entrance of the great cave and laid at the feet of the deity. Some have entered a trance, and pierced their cheeks, tongues, or foreheads.
Wesak Day (May 25)
May 25 is the most important day of the Buddhist Calendar because it marks the birth, clarification and death of Buddha. Doves are released and prayers given up temples throughout the country by followers. Wesak is also an occasion to offer alms to monks and provide free meals to the needy. Leave a Comment
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Water : Generally it is safe to drink water straight from tap. Bottled mineral water, however, easily available in supermarkets and shops.
Electricity : 220--240 volts with 50 cycles AC are available. Plug fittings must be three pin square
Mobile Phone Network : GSM, PCN and Analog
Taxes : Some shops will add a 5% tax. At some food and beverage outlets they will also charge an additional 5% to 10% tax.
Currency : he ringgit is the currency of Malaysia and is also known as the Malaysian dollar. 1 dollar equals 100 cents. You can change money and travellers cheques at banks and moneychangers. Credit cards are usually accepted in hotels and department stores. Cash however, is needed in the rural areas.
Banking hours :Banks are usually open from 10 a.m. up to 3 p.m. from Monday to Friday and 9.30 a.m. up to 11 a.m. on Saturdays. Leave a Comment
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Is a local fruit described as "it taste like heaven and smell like hell." That pretty much sums it up. If you can get past the awful smell, then give it a try. The taste is nothing like the smell. Durians look like a cross between a football and a hedgehog with a fleshy centre. Malaysians consume hundreds of tons of durians per year.
There are now shops that sell durian in different forms such as pancakes, crepes, cream puffs and other dishes using durian. Because of the smell however, the "No Durians Allowed" is still a rule in hotels, taxis, tour buses and airplanes throughout Southeast Asia. Leave a Comment
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Malaysia celebrates many religions and cultures amongst her people and at the time of celebrations, friends from other faiths are all welcomed into homes to celebrate whatever respective religious holiday is being observed. The Malaysian Tourist Board will actually set you up with a family if you would like to experience any particular festival when visiting. The population breaks down as 52% Muslim, 17% Buddhist, 12% Taoist, 8% Christian, 8% Hindu, 2% tribal. Leave a Comment
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Malaysia enjoys a tropical climate with plenty of sunshine throughout the year. Average temperatures range between 22C and 33C. The annual southwest monsoon is from April to October and from October to February for the northeast monsoon. The average annual rainfall is high at about 250cm. Much of the rainfall is concentrated in the late afternoons. Humidity is high throughout the year. Malaysia enjoys a tropical climate with plenty of sunshine throughout the year. It is cooler in the highlands where the temperature is around 15C to 23C. Leave a Comment
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