Worldviews
SEA 2012
Multicultural Malaysia
I may have talked about the multicultural society of Malaysia before however, I wanted to go a little it more into depth on the topic. The word Multicultural can mean many things-- the ethnic makeup of the country, the different religious beliefs and I think you could even throw in politics, developments and history. Because all of these things play a role to why Malaysia is so multicultural-- the Chinese migration in the 19th century, British expansion in SEA, Indian traders, the Japanese Occupation and the formation of Federation of Malaya Knowing the history of a country can help you to better understand and identify the people... Religion and race are very important features to the people of Malaysia:
Malaysia is a country that I would love to go back to and spend some more time there, particularly focusing on the tribes, agriculture and sustainable development...
I may have talked about the multicultural society of Malaysia before however, I wanted to go a little it more into depth on the topic. The word Multicultural can mean many things-- the ethnic makeup of the country, the different religious beliefs and I think you could even throw in politics, developments and history. Because all of these things play a role to why Malaysia is so multicultural-- the Chinese migration in the 19th century, British expansion in SEA, Indian traders, the Japanese Occupation and the formation of Federation of Malaya Knowing the history of a country can help you to better understand and identify the people... Religion and race are very important features to the people of Malaysia:
- half the Christians in Malaysia are Catholics; for a total of 1,761,000 Christians.
- half of the ethnicity are indigenous (east Malaysia) and the other half are descendants of immigrants.
Malaysia is a country that I would love to go back to and spend some more time there, particularly focusing on the tribes, agriculture and sustainable development...