How much do you understand about Malay culture?

last SG · 2006-11-25T23:46:13+00:00

dude... i'm not talking about u... u relax too...

ah-soh SG

Not trying to cause tensions but I have a Malay friend who commented that Chinese Singaporeans doesn't seems to be understand much about Malay culture and somehow I agree with him.

So Singaporean Chinese, How much do you understand about Malay culture? No racist and discrimation comments please.

crossover SG

hahahahahahahahahahaha

Cenarious SG

tell him to make a malay culture forum here

PointBlue SG

I agree, I understand very little about the Malay culture. I have very few malay friends too. Crying or Very sad

zanza SG

well i'll have to agree that i don't really know much about malay culture

The only things i perceive seem to be those malays who misbehave and cause a ruckus at the void deck etc......there is a real need to set up cultural centres or something

I know that malays do have a rich culture and a vast series of interesting legends and kings but i only knew about that through a good friend who is a malay

Without him i tink i'll still know nuts about malay culture Crying or Very sad

Mervyn>_< SG

Quite a bit
Just try to talk more to Malay friends though the same thing applies to the Malay,do they know much about the Chinese?
It is kind of a two way street thing

nanren4ever SG

I agree, I don't know much about their culture, and I don't have many Malay Friends.

But TS should turn around and ask ur Malay friend, how much do he know about other races?

sinicker SG

as a malay, i too agree with TS's malay friend.

the only thing that non-malays know abt malays are those that make a ruckus out of everything in broad daylight or not. Laughing

Ito_^ SG

i tot they got a cultural center somewhere juz dat noone bothered to find out?

Agenda SG

its only natural, I mean how much do malays know about chinese culture? legends? even for a chinese alone. its too much to take already.

imagine knowing all the emperors of dynasties and how all the customs came about

thelesis SG

Someone can share with us more about malay culture like why you guys cannot eat pork?

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Not a lot, despite having attended parties by them, hang around with them and having a neighbour who is just beside me.

Other than the routine food must be halal, their prayers, their festivals, I don't think I know much about their culture.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

Islam Forum

Ask away.

ndmmxiaomayi SG

LOL... are they really that noisy? Living around AMK area for so long, never ever meet such Malays.

Cenarious SG

why can’t you touch dogs

aku1b0d0 SG

same reason why we cant touch pigs.

i, as a malay, know a lot about chinese culture. as the matter of fact, im one of the very few malay ppl in my school that can speak fluent english. other dont seem interestd to know about chinese.

CPL SG

>>same reason why we cant touch pigs.

>>i, as a malay, know a lot about chinese culture. as the matter of fact, im one of the very few malay ppl in my school that can speak fluent english. other dont seem interestd to know about chinese.

Good on you, my friend.

I have a few Malay friends and they are nice normal family folks. I also like Malay food and make it a point to pop by JB every week to whack the Nasi Ayam and mee rubus. Cheap and damn nice.

But the small point you made regarding knowing a lot about Chinese culture and the next sentence you said you can speak fluent English...doesn't jive, leh. I would have thought you ought to say you can speak fluent Chinese.. Mr. Green

But the above is a valid point because I ever met a Mak Chik in JB who runs the Malay stall opposite the one I used to frequent...my balls drop one day when I heard someone speaking fluent Hokkien and Cantonese to me behind my back. She was asking whether I need any drinks...when I turn around, wahaha, it was Mak Chik speaking. Her pronunciation was a spotless, juz like a Chinese old lady speaking dialect in Chinatown.

So the point I am making is, if Mak Chik can do it, so can you.. Very Happy
My Malay is juz a couple of words to get by when I go to JB.. Mr. Green

aku1b0d0 SG

i can speak a bit cantonese lah Laughing
and chinese in my school prefer speak in english. whenever got fights, i got indians, chinese and malay backups

Icemoon SG

Issit Malay or Muslim culture? They are different.

Malay culture refers mainly to the Sejarah Melayu history book which you find the legends and kings of Malacca.

Muslim culture talks about caliphs and things from Islam.

Arabic script and Malay script so different liao.

Y_Shun SG

I like Ramily burgers though Mr. Green