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  2. Culture of Malaysia - Wikipedia

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    The government has historically made little distinction between "Malay culture" and "Malaysian culture". The Malays, who account for over half the Malaysian population, play a dominant role politically and are included in a grouping identified as bumiputra. Their native language, Bahasa Malaysia, is the national language of the country.

  3. Malay world - Wikipedia

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    The Malay world or Malay realm ( Malay: Dunia Melayu or Alam Melayu) is a concept or an expression that has been used by different authors and groups over time to denote several different notions, derived from varied interpretations of 'Malay' either as an ethnic group, as a racial category, as a linguistic group or as a cultural group.

  4. Malayness - Wikipedia

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    The wealthy kingdom adopted Melayu Islam Beraja ( Malay Islamic Monarchy) as the national philosophy since its independence in 1984. Malayness ( Malay: Kemelayuan, Jawi: كملايوان ‎) is the state of being Malay or of embodying Malay characteristics. This may include that which binds and distinguishes the Malay people and forms the ...

  5. Malays (ethnic group) - Wikipedia

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    a Highly naturalized population of mixed origins, but using the 'Malay' identity. The Malay tricolour embodies the philosophy of Kemelayuan. Malays ( / məˈleɪ / mə-LAY; Malay: Orang Melayu, Jawi: أورڠ ملايو ‎) are an Austronesian ethnoreligious group native to eastern Sumatra, the Malay Peninsula and coastal Borneo, as well as ...

  6. Women's empowerment - Wikipedia

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    Feminism. Women's empowerment (or female empowerment) may be defined in several ways, including accepting women's viewpoints, making an effort to seek them and raising the status of women through education, awareness, literacy, and training. [1] [2] [3] Women's empowerment equips and allows women to make life-determining decisions through the ...

  7. Malaysian Malays - Wikipedia

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    The traditional culture of Malaysian Malays is largely predominated by the indigenous Malay culture mixed with a variety of foreign influences. As opposed to other regional Malays, the southern Malays (Selangoreans, Negeri Sembilanese, Melakans and Johoreans) display the cultural legacy of the Melaka sultanate.

  8. Ketuanan Melayu - Wikipedia

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    Ketuanan Melayu ( Jawi script: كتوانن ملايو; lit. "Malay Overlordship " or "Malay Supremacy ") is a political concept that emphasises Malay preeminence in present-day Malaysia. The Malays of Malaysia have claimed a special position and special rights owing to their longer history in the area [1] and the fact that the present ...

  9. Malayisation - Wikipedia

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    Malayisation (Commonwealth spelling) or Malayization (North American and Oxford spelling) is a process of assimilation and acculturation, that involves acquisition (Malay: Masuk Melayu, literally "embracing Malayness") or imposition (Malay: Pemelayuan or Melayuisasi) of elements of Malay culture, in particular, Islam and the Malay language, as ...