malays culture

Assalamualaikum and salam sejahtera.Today we wanna share about Malay culture.

First of all,we wanna talk about Malay cuisine.The most famous food of Malay is nasi lemak that mixed with anchovies,cucumber,peanuts,boiled egg and the important one is sambal.Ice kacang or also known as ABC is a dessert served in Malaysia.Next,Dodol,a sticky,delicious and sweet food is also popular in Malaysia especially at village.The ingredients are santan and rice flour.It is usually served during Hari Raya.Other than that,ketupat is a well-known food served during Hari Raya and always serve with rendang.

Secondly,lets talk about Malay clothes.As we know,Malays men use baju melayu with their songkok and sampin.For Malay women,they are dressed up with baju kurung or baju kebaya and match it with batik and selendang.Besides,the Malay also use songket and sarong.

Next,Malay is popular with their dances such as zapin,famous in state of Johor.This dance is perform in pairs of male and female.Mak Yong,a dance-drama from state of Kelantan includes dancing,acting and improvised dialogues.It tells story that are present in a series of three hour performances over several nights.Beside that,we have ronggeng social dance in which couples exchange poetic verses as they dance to the music of a violin or a gong.

Other than that,the Malay have their own festivals.They celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri in Muslim month of Syawal.But before that,during month of Ramadan,a month before Syawal,it's mandatory for Muslims to fast from dawn to dusk.The common activity that usually done by the Muslims during Hari Raya is decorating,feasting,visiting family and friends and lighting oil lamps.Another festival is Hari Raya Aidiladha that falls on 10th of Muslim month of Dhul Hijja and will be celebrate until 13th in the same month.Actually,Hari Raya Aidiladha occurs the day after pilgrims conducting Hajj.Maulidur Rasul is also one of the Malay festivals.Maulidur Rasul refer to the birthday of prophet Muhammad on 12th Rabi' al-awwal of Muslim month.

Moreover,Malay people have many traditional games such as congkak,sepak takraw,batu seremban and so on.Congkak is a game to prevent boredom.The congkak board have fourteen holes and two stores.Both player have one store and seven holes.Another traditional game is sepak takraw or also known as sepak raga.A rattan ball will throw to a player and the player can either kick or use their head for several times before sending the rattan ball to another player.This game is more interesting when one of the player can stand for a longer time.Batu seremban or five stones is a game where it's usually played by girls.they will throw a stone and try to sweep another stone and catching the one they threw earlier.

That's all.Thank you.