How Melayu Are You?

Sha December 24, 2009 3

This is a rather satirical video below at the question being posed which is “How Melayu Are You?”


I think it’s a good question, as does it mean you’re more of a Melayu just based on how well one converse in Bahasa.

Or being Melayu is just more than language, but the continuation of practicing some of our old adage Malay cultures in the face of urbanization.

I personally believe it will be a challenge to maintain our Malay distinctiveness in the face of modernization for the present-day Melayus.

3 Comments »

  1. observer December 24, 2009 at 10:06 pm - Reply

    Interesting. But how to be Melayu when so many malays are actually MIX malay-(another race)? And even if someone is ‘pure’ Malay, he/she is almost always a Muslim and tends to embrace a lot of socalled ‘Islamic’ culture, most of which is actually ARAB culture.

    And how to preserve a lot of Malay traditions when religion (i.e. islam) has seeped so much into our Malay people? Oh religion forbids this, religion prohibits that, this haram, that haram, lama2 Malays are left wth almost no original traditional practices just because the religion most of them embrace says it’s “against the religion”.

    Being very fluent in Bahasa Melayu doesnt mean much. Just look at the interviews of socalled ‘top ethnic-Malay students’ in any national exam results aftermath. Harap atas kertas aja dapat distinctions for Malay Oral and Malay written exams. Tapi bila kena interview dlm bahasa melayu, nak complete one full Malay sentence pun macam semput2.

    • Uncle Sha December 24, 2009 at 11:03 pm - Reply

      Hahahaha betul, saya pun ada masalah berfasih Bahasa Melayu, tapi saya cuba lah.

      It has got to do with our school and work settings, it’s predominately dependable on good ol English for most people.

      Where can we practice our Bahasa aside from home and the occasional with friends. Itu pun Bahasa campur Inggeris.

  2. Enigmatic Saint December 31, 2009 at 10:41 am - Reply

    salam
    menarik sekali
    bila sebut melayu kita tak lari dari perkataan adat
    boleh kami katakan yang maksud adat di sini adalah dari intipati atau jiwa melayu itu sendiri.

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