The Malay Worldview. Mohamed Talhah Idrus (PLANNING)

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1 The Malay Worldview Mohamed Talhah Idrus (PLANNING)

2 what s the big deal about a Melayu? like other races no BIG DEAL every other living organism are genetically distinguished into species Orang Melayu is like orang Putih, orang Itam, Aztec, Mongolian, Inuit, American, Persian, Anasazi, Turk, Kurd, Batak, etc. all are of THE SAME SPECIES human, Homo sapiens

3 Who is a Melayu? Sejarah Melayu: people originating from Sri Wijaya (Orang Jawi) People originating from Yunan Province, south China (western historian)

4 Who is a Melayu? (Sumatran+Indian+Chinese+Arab+Filipino=Melayu?)

5 what s the big deal about a Melayu? like other races They have acclimed to a particular locality develop their own

6 culture is the and characteristic of a particular group of people growing vocabulary, language, communication, intellectualism

7 culture is the and characteristic of a particular group of people Culture: from Latin cultura, meaning to cultivate; to grow; to develop cult: belief/veneration/worship; ura: result culture implies a level (of quality)

8 achievements expressed intellectually through everyday arts (food, dress, craftsmanship) It s not the food of the Malays (makanan Melayu) but THE BELIEF SYSTEM about the food about THE BEHAVIOUR in acquiring, preparation, consumption of the food and disposal of waste

9 Tasawwur Melayu best understood through the gateway of their language, BAHASA MELAYU BAHASA MELAYU has DEVELOPED from animistic worldview to Hindu-Buddhistic to Muslim

10 Islam has broadened their worldview from raja to sultan with it also daulat (sovereignity), maqam (station), ta at (loyalty) old habits die hard: para-meswari; putra_putri; nagra; muntri; pardana; Sri; Paduka

11 the world around them has broadened into dunia and alam and sarwa alam english equivalent: world / worlds sayang is different from kasih is different from cinta English equivalent: love (no differentiaions) Their language and weltaanschauung has DEVELOPED from animistic to Hindu-Buddhistic to Muslim

12 The Western Mind English: kill, murder, massacre, suicide, homicide, infanticide, parenticide, genocide,, weedicide, pesticide, eunastasia (mercy killing) Bahasa Melayu: BUNUH Their language and weltaanschauung has DEVELOPED from animistic to Hindu-Buddhistic to Muslim

13 17 th and 18 th century European writers described Malay as language of learned in all The Indies, like Latin in Europe 15 th -19 th : Malay was the language of court and literature in kingdoms outside traditional Malay speaking areas; used as by an estimated 250 million (map) Their language and weltaanschauung has DEVELOPED from animistic to Hindu-Buddhistic to Muslim

14 forms of poetry in Malay literature are the pantun, seloka, sya ir, gurindam, relating to alam (plants, animals, environment, unseens) and man oral tradition penglipur lara Hikayats Malim Deman, Awang Sulung Merah Muda, Anggun Cik Tunggal, alongside Hikayat Seri Rama, Hikayat Marung Maha Wangsa, developed its own beauty

15 Hikayat Muhammad Hanafiah, Hikayat Amir Hamzah, Hikyat Abd ALlah Munsyi and "the most famous, distinctive and best of all Malay literary works - Sulalat us-salatin (The Malay Annals) oral tradition progressed to writing Hikayats Malim Deman, Awang Sulung Merah Muda, Anggun Cik Tunggal, alongside Hikayat Seri Rama, Hikayat Marung Maha Wangsa, developed its own beauty