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Culture of Sarawak. Sarawak exhibits notable diversity in ethnicity, culture, and language. The Sarawakian culture has been influenced by Bruneian Malays of the coastal areas. Substantial cultural influences also came from the Chinese and British cultures.
Sarawak (/ s ə ˈ r ɑː w ɒ k / sə-RAH-wok, Malay:) is a state of Malaysia.The largest among the 13 states, with an area almost equal to that of Peninsular Malaysia, Sarawak is located in the region of East Malaysia in northwest Borneo, and is bordered by the Malaysian state of Sabah to the northeast, Kalimantan (the Indonesian portion of Borneo) to the south, and Brunei in the north.
The culture of Sarawakian Malay is also somewhat unusual such as bermukun, Sarawak zapin, and keringkam weaving. It is possible, though insufficient studies exist, that these are remnants of the Sambas sultanate’s culture, prior to a change in identity and the speaking of a unique hybrid of Malay-Sambas by the previously Sambas speaking natives.
Sarawak Malay ( Standard Malay: Bahasa Melayu Sarawak or Bahasa Sarawak, Jawi: بهاس ملايو سراوق , Sarawak Malay: Kelakar Sarawak) is a Malayic language native to the State of Sarawak. It is a common language used by natives of Sarawak [1] and also as the important mother tongue for the Sarawakian Malay people .
Islam 70%, Christianity 18%, Pagan 12% [2] Related ethnic groups. Dayaks. Sarawakian Malays. Bruneians. Melanau ( Malay: Orang Melanau, Melanau: Tenawan Melanau) or A-Likou (meaning River people in Mukah dialect) is an ethnic group indigenous to Sarawak, Malaysia. They are among the earliest settlers [3] of Sarawak.
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 ...
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.
A Kelantanese Wayang Kulit that narrated the tale of Hikayat Seri Rama. Malaysian folklore is the folk culture of Malaysia and other indigenous people of the Malay Archipelago as expressed in its oral traditions, written manuscripts and local wisdoms. Malaysian folklores were traditionally transmitted orally in the absence of writing systems.