Posts Tagged ‘Malay’
Salams from Jakarta, Indonesia on the Day of the Bombs
View of Jakarta from Masjid Albina. Photo Nadge
Glad to visit Inst. Teknologi Bandung, and famed Aula buildings of 'Indies' Nusantara inspiration.
Masjid Salman, named by Pres.Sukarno after the Prophet's sahabah S. Al-Farisi Photo by Nadge
School of Kings, King of Schools
The Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Perak
It is not just any school.
Nestled in one of the most scenic and heritage-filled settings of Perak, indeed of all Malaysia, is a fully residential secondary school that is unique not only to the country but it could be said, even to the world.
MCKK, as the college’s acronym is now long known, would in turn bring worldwide fame to the charming, quiet hamlet where it was born.
The Big School - photo by Nadge
Kuala Kangsar was already a royal town of Perak state when at the start of the 20th Century, the 28th Sultan of Perak, Sultan Idris Murshidul Azam Shah (1849-1916), began calling for an exclusive school to be set up to educate children of the local elite. Even at the 2nd Conference of Rulers in Kuala Lumpur in July 1903, the Sultan had criticized the discrimination in British education policy for, in his words, “…producing better Malay farmers and fishermen only…”
Tags: British, dengki, Kolej Melayu, Kuala Kangsar, Malay, Malay College, Malaysia, MCKK, Najib Ariffin, Perak
The Malay Wedding
Bersanding ceremony. Photo by Nadge
A right royal affair – That’s a Malay wedding for you. And it is literally true, as the couple is called ‘Raja Sehari‘ or ‘King and Queen for a Day’. The wedding event is a display of regal splendour in the ancient kingly tradition of the Malay World.
Deepa-Raya and Malay-Indian History
[This article by A. Najib Ariffin appeared in Kuala Lumpur's YellowPost, November 2007]
Soon after Hari Raya Puasa, we have Deepavali. For the past few years this holiday season has been a special convergence – Deepavali & Aidil Fitri just weeks apart! This timing happens every about 30-odd years… Some of us may not be alive to see the next convergence (although I hope we all do, with fulfilled long lives); so let’s make the best of it. Forget the narrow-minded ones, and look broadly.
The Legend of Mu, and how the Malay people and Atlantis got their names
At 08:20 PM 3/22/01 , ak wrote: … “Melayu” is a word that existed long before the Europeans ‘discovered’ our wonderful little paradise… but its meaning in Javanese is not flattering either…
The scramble to set sail and escape from Mu - carved on the 9th C. Borobudur temple wall. Photo by Nadge
Nadge’s feedback:
I’d suggest that it is neither flattering nor unflattering, but factual and there’s an interesting web of info behind this meaning of “melayu” and its origins. In fact, in the oral tradition of our ancestors I was told this long ago by my Javanese paternal relatives back in Yogyakarta (Jogjakarta, Indonesia), and I subscribe to this view.
