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Kuala Lumpur Local Customs

Learn the local customs of Kuala Lumpur. Tips and photos posted by real travelers and Kuala Lumpur locals.
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Weather & Climate: Humid and hot
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  • It is very hot and sticky in Kuala Lumpur.

    Luckily the shopping centres and even some of the street vendors have icy cold aircon - the best aircon i have ever experienced.

    Travelling must still go on and i recommend that you have a bottle of water with you at all times. You will be amazed at how fast you can go through that bottle.

    The city does go on at night so stay inside during the hot hours and venture outside early morning and at night.

    As it was my first time in kl we were out for most of the day, coming from australia it was bearable the weather.

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    Multi Culture
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  • Malaysia is a multi racial country whose population are mainly Malays, Chinese, Indians and a small number of others. The Malays are the majority and islam is their religion. The Chinese forms the next major group, mostly buddhist and christian. Together with the Indians they have live together peacefully

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    Etiquette: Take Off Your Shoes
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  • When visiting a malay home or a mosque, please take off your shoes. It is customary for malays and muslims to take off their shoes when entering their homes and their place of worship as they consider these shoes dirty and not suited for indoor wear - no matter how cool your footware is.
    At mosques theres usually shoe racks where you could leave your shoes...of course if you're wearing ultra cool footwear, put them in your bag and take it with you. Trust in God but lock your door huh...

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    Festivals: Religious festivals
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  • Religious festivals
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    Travelling to KL during the week of main religious festivals such as Hari Raya Puasa and Chinese New Year -- you will find that many shops, shopping centres are closed and deserted streets. Like many big cities in Europe, KL city dwellers mostly arrived from smaller towns and other states to work in big cities. And they normally celebrate religious festivals with their family back home. Hotels are aplenty during this period, but getting taxis can be lil difficult and so are hawker foods.. Prior your visit, check the calendar if you want to avoid visiting during this period.
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    A famous local cartoonist 'Lat' sketched a carricature of KL roads whereby people could sleep in the middle of the road when city dwellers 'balik kampong' during Hari Raya festival .. hehe
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    This is a 'scanned' picture of the 'songket'. Handloomed songket is woven with gold, siver and cotton thread to produce intricate designs and a rich cloth fit for royalty

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    Taxis
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  • Taxis: Travelling in taxis are inexpensive but some KL's taxi drivers need reminding to switch on their taxi meters. Taxis at the KLIA (Kuala Lumpur International Airport) though operates
    buy buying your ticket first at the booth outside the arrival hall (before you exit). The trip to KL city will take about 45minutes (that is when the traffic is smooth) and cost approximately RM70.

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    Festivals: Additional FT Holidays - Kuala Lumpur
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  • The Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur was carved out from the State of Selangor.

    Note that KL does not follow the state holidays of Selangor.

    This year Thaipusam has been added for the first time as a KL public holiday.

    23 January 2008 Wednesday
    Thaipusam

    1 February 2008 Friday
    Federal Territory Day
    (Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Labuan only)


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    A Fish
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  • The story has to start from about 30 years ago. This Arowana fish worth not more than RM50.00 each but today it's price is about a car, why?

    The local Malaysian-Chinese believe this Red Arowana will bring good luck and fortune for the owner. The cost of this fish can rise to RM2,000 to RM20,000 in Kuala Lumpur and they even have serial numbers injected in their body.

    Some enthusiasts said if you look carefully and concetrate hard, one day you will see the 4-digits appeared on the body of the fish which means you can rush to any 4-digits outlet to invest for your bright future. This is definitely part of our local Malaysian-Chinese custom tips.

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    Underground Racing
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  • These Super Car cultures are so popular nowadays probably due to the racing games created by EA Sports.

    If you visit Kuala Lumpur, you can see these kind of modified car with huge spoiler, noisy exhaust pipe and trendy rims. These cars are just everywhere.

    This is one of our latest Lumpuristic custom tips.

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    Cultural Mix
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  • We are a country come very late when all other super nations already established their strong cultures. For instance, the influence of Manchester United and other football clubs of Europe are the latest culture. Other influences like Hollywood movies, Islamic of Middle-East, Hong Kong movies, Taiwanese movies, Japanese fashion, American fast food and Coffee, skyscrapers and many more are today Orang KL punya culture lah.

    Gambling is another culture. If you like gambling, the best and only place to go is Genting Highland Casino. Besides Genting Casino, MAGNUM, Sports TOTO and 3D the 4-digits are the only gambling games.

    These 4-digits cultures are becoming part of our daily activities especially for addicted gamblers. I will tell you some interesting facts here. Whenever you see something with four digits for examples a car was hit by a motorcycle from the back and if you happen to walk pass to witness such happenings, that means you must quickly memorize the car's number plate, why? Hey it's money my friend, you will strike first prize of RM3000.00

    That's our 4-digits culture. If you are a tourist, please remember public gamblings, prostitutions, porno videos or magazines, alcoholic drinks, ganjas and many more are illegals but don't worry, more yet to be explored.

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    Drugs
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  • Drugs are prohibited in this country and the penalty of death by hanging is impose if found guilty of possession or trafficking

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