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MelayuOnline.com Unifying Malay Diasporians across the World
20 april 2010 15:19
By Mahyudin Al Mudra A. Introduction Malay people are diasporic. For generations, they were known as tough sailors keen on travelling to various places, particularly for trading. Sailorship and commerce were characteristics of Malay culture (Siti Nur Hidayah, 2008). The Buginese/Macassarese were recognized as courageous sea voyagers.... detail... »
The Marapu Belief: Divine Concept and the Sumbanese`s View on Ancestors
28 agustus 2009 11:48
By Lukman Solihin Translation by Irfan Nugroho A. Introduction Marapu is a local system of belief that is embraced by those settling in West Sumba and East Sumba districts, East Nusa Tenggara Province, Indonesia. The indigenous Sumbanese‘s belief is still present nowadays, and lives side by side with other Indonesia‘s of... detail... »
Orang Kalur - Musicians Of The Royal Nobat Of Perak
06 agustus 2009 11:16
By Raja Iskandar Bin Raja Halid Introduction In Malay society, the nobat orchestra is a symbol of a Sultan’s status and sovereignty, and forms part of the treasured royal regalia of the state. At present there are five nobat ensembles that are still active, four in the states of Kedah, Perak, Selangor and Terengganu in Peninsula Malaysia and o... detail... »
Chairil Anwar: An Interpretation
14 juli 2009 10:51
By A. Johns The relation of a poet to his environment: his acceptance or rejection of the world he lives in, its influence upon him, and his transmutation of his total experience into the images that find their inevitable and fitting shrine in his verse — these are perennial and fruitful questions that demand discussion whenever we are con... detail... »
The Reconstruction Of Proto-Malayo-Javanic: An Appreciation
04 juli 2009 08:39
By Robert Blust In 1965 Isidore Dyen published a lexicostatistical classification of some 245 Austronesian languages — the most ambitious undertaking of its kind ever attempted. The purpose of this classification was to specify, in accordance with an implicit family tree model of linguistic differentiation, the hierarchy of pairings between... detail... »
Gapena and the Cape Malays: Initiating Connections, Constructing Images
24 juni 2009 10:11
By Muhammed Haron Introduction Connections between Malaysians and South Africans mushroomed over the past decade since South Africa rejoined the international community. The latter‘s re-entry was welcomed by Malaysian government and many others in the Southeast Asian region. Just prior to the actual 1994 democratic elections in Sou... detail... »
The Reconstruction of Proto-Malayo-Javanic: An Apreciation
29 april 2009 13:45
By Robert A. Blust  In 1965 Isidore Dyen published a lexicostatistical classification of some 245 Austronesian languages – the most ambitious undertaking of its kind ever attempted. The purpose of this classification was to specify, in accordance with an implicit family tree model of linguistic differen­tiation, the hierarchy of pairings b... detail... »
Linguistic Theories About The Austronesian Homeland
22 april 2009 14:37
Johannes Cornelis AnceauxThat establishing genetic relationship between languages leads to thinking about a "homeland" can hardly come as a surprise. For such a relationship can only be thought of as the result of develop­ment from a common ancestor: a proto-language. That our knowledge of that proto-language may be very poor and that statements ... detail... »
Contesting the Tenure of Territoriality The Orang Suku Laut
17 april 2009 11:23
Cynthia ChouIntroduction President Soekarno declared land reform to be ‘an indispensable part of the Indonesian Revolution‘ (CCCIL 1988) [1] . The consequent execution of development programs for reconstructing the nation have provoked much hostility over issues concerning territorial rights. Global market forces in Indonesia have also seen he... detail... »
The History of the Malay Language
04 april 2009 13:45
A. Teeuw I have called this lecture a preliminary survey, because it is a curious fact that in spite of the prolonged and periodically concentrated attention that was bestowed on the Malay language by many investi­gators, the history of this language was yet hardly ever the subject of scientific research, and in a time too when linguistics in g... detail... »
Where does Malay come from?
30 maret 2009 08:56
Introduction The Malay language consists of many dialects. Furthermore, various other languages are closely related to Malay, including Minangkabau, Kerinci, Iban and Kendayan. Together, these dialects and languages form the ‘Malayic‘ linguistic subgroup within the (West) Malayo-Polynesian branch of the Austronesian language family (Adelaar 1992... detail... »
Our garden is the sea: contingency and improvisation in Mandar women`s work
25 februari 2009 13:40
By Toby Alice Volkman Abstract: In the late 1980s, women in fishing communities on the southwest coast of Sulawesi, Indonesia, began to leave the looms on which they had woven fine silk sarongs. The alternative work they sought was fish-trading, on a scale that gave them considerably more mobility (and income) than women had enjoyed in the pas... detail... »
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