The ‘overt‘ picture A foreigner paying a visit to a Malay village may notice certain recurrent features in the manner and topic of conversation introduced by the villager towards the foreigner. One of these is the recurrent emphasis on their Islamic identity and adherence, with regards to both belief and practice. This is not unexpected, if we ...
By Andriantefinanahary & Yanariak At the dawn of the third millennium, the world seems to look for a new direction. The development of globalization is threatening the very foundation of the old empires based upon nation-state centralism. Oppositely, new alliances based on more natural affinities, especially ethnic-based affinities which had ...
If stories give life to a place, those of the four queens of Pattani recall laughter and tears, love and revenge that shaped a chatpter of the little known history of this Islamic maritime kingdom about sex centuries ago. Subhatra Bhumiprabhas and Natiya Tangwisutijit trace the facinating story of the queens Nobody knows what Princess Ijau might ...
One of the unique features of Brunei Darussalam‘s many ethnic traditions and cultures is ‘memukun‘. It is fairly hard to describe to an outsider unless one has actually listened to it.‘Memukun‘ is a very Bruneian tradition where a group of people (usually elderly) will sing accompanied by guling tangan (Brunei‘s traditional musical instruments) or ...
By Rina De SilvaStrict religious and family practices, rich cuisine, fine garments and merry songs were once part of the lives of the Babas and Nyonyas. Now, much of their culture is only seen in books and museums. The older generation wants this rich heritage to live on, but many of the young people are moving away from the old ...
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