Uniqueness of Malaysian Culture
THE UNIQUENESS OF MALAYSIA CULTURE INTRODUCTION As the son of a former career diplomat I have enjoyed the privilege of having lived in and visited many different countries during my life. ... Malaysia possesses all these attributes and more; distilling, filtering, and blending them to create a unique Malaysian cultural heritage that has both accomplished much in its short modern history and also has much more to achieve. ... Even the Prime Minister participates in this unique method of sharing with the community - during the Hari Raya celebrations all Malaysian citizens are invited to his residence to partake of his generosity and enjoy themselves. ... There is another aspect of Malaysian culture that I find to be unique, and that is the fact that each race is given the opportunity to open public schools that teach in their own language. ... The freedom and open-mindedness of the Malaysian government towards its public schools contributes well to the Malaysias unique culture. ... These are just a few of the little positive things that also give rise to Malaysias unique culture. ... And any discourse involving Malaysias unique culture must necessarily involve the issue of piracy. ... The ability to obtain the latest pop culture artifacts for bargain bin prices is one of the reasons that the youth are growing up in a world and developing a mentality that is far different from their parents.