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Ethno-racial marginality in West Malaysia: The case of the Peranakan Hindu Melaka or Malaccan Chitty community
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... It has an ethnic diversity consisting of indigenous peoples of Malay, Indian, Chinese, Nyonya, Eurasia, and Borneo (Sabah and Sarawak). It can be said that it has a wide kitchen spectrum thanks to its ethnicity (Raghavan, 1977). The Meals prepared with various ceremonies and cutting techniques are fused with other cultures with the effect of globalization and migration. ...
The relationship between the forces of globalization, localization, and gastronomy puts particular emphasis on food as the source of regional and national identity and the advantages of economic development. Countries are expected to properly brand themselves in the international arena to create an intention to travel to countries they have never seen before. Effective use of websites is an important phase of this branding process. Thinking about the color, design, appropriateness, and attractiveness of the official websites where tourism products are represented will create an opportunity to create an effective image and increase the number of tourists. This research, which was conducted to determine the brand image of gastronomy on websites and to determine the representation of brand awareness, discusses the marketing strategies for gastronomy tourism in two countries with similar tourism potential. In this context, the comparative content analysis is carried out on Turkey's and Malaysia's websites. As a result of the research, it has been determined that gastronomy elements are used intensively on the websites of Malaysia. It has been determined that information sharing on gastronomy products on Turkish websites is incomplete and limited. Uçkan Çakır, M., ve Özbay, G. (2022). The role of brand image in gastronomic destinations: An analysis on turkey and malaysia website.
... This is how the evolution of Baba and Nyonya or Peranakan evolved. (Raghavan, 1977."Ethno-racial marginality in West Malaysia"). ...
Malaysia is known for its multicultural diversity, which is heavily influenced by the ancient Malay culture, indigenous peoples and the cultures of Malaysia's second main ethnics groups - the Chinese and Indian. For centuries, our cultures have blended to create Malaysia's diverse heritage. Sadly, Malaysians are slowly losing their ancient culture due to modernisation. One particular culture of Malaysia that is close to extinction is the Peranakan culture. The researcher found it vital to implement our cultural motif into product design, so she has come out with a freestanding kitchen with an influence of the Peranakan motif. Keywords: Free-standing Cabinets, Kitchen, Peranakan. eISSN: 2398-4287© 2021. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA cE-Bs by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians/Africans/Arabians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21834/ebpj.v6iSI5.2926
... Several historical indications of the existence of the Chitty, namely, from the Malay Annals, the Portuguese, and later from Dutch sources, all point to periods preceding the year 1795, which marks the British arrival in Melaka [4,14]. Additionally, based on oral traditions, Chitty community elders also claim that their ancestors were followers of Parameswara, the Hindu prince from Palembang who founded Melaka around 1400 A.D. [25]. However, there is no historical evidence to support this claim. ...
Migration has produced many ethnic minority communities worldwide owing to sea-borne trade, religious evangelicalism, and colonialism. For centuries, these communities have existed alongside other cultures, creating multiethnic societies. However, changes in political, economic, and sociocultural conditions have caused these communities, typically with varying degrees of social alignment and sociocultural adaptation, to re-strategize their inter-ethnic interactions. One such minority community is the “Chitty” of Melaka, a distinct Tamil community that migrated to Melaka, a coastal port city that has flourished in trade and commerce since the late 14th century. This paper investigates the historiography, its hybridity and adaptation, and the concerns of ethnic invisibility faced by this community throughout its 700-year history. Through historical analysis and ethnographic observations, the study finds that the Chitty community has contributed significantly to the sociocultural, economic, and political fabrics of Melaka in different periods of history. Secondly, the Chitty’s hybridity nature enabled them greater dexterity to socioculturally adapt to the changing surroundings and dynamics in Melaka for the last seven centuries. Thirdly, the study finds that due to their marginality in numbers and the mass arrival of new Indian migrants, the ethnic visibility of the Chitty has diminished in the new Malaysian demographic.
... Its origins stemmed from a combination of indigenous tribal and Malay culture, but with the advent of foreign trade it was influenced by Chinese and Indian as well as Persian and Arabic culture. Colonization by the British also had a strong cultural influence (Raghavan, 1977). Malaysia's official language is Malaysian, a standardised form of the Malay language, although English is an active second language. ...
This paper investigates Islamic mobile applications for children and evaluates the quantity as well as the quality of such applications. The existing and new criteria for exploring Islamic mobile applications used in this study have been enhanced and extended from the level of quality assessment to a deeper aspect of Islamic mobile application's design and interface. Similarly, additional aspects have also been considered to analyse whether it is suitable for children in terms of language, examples used, and whether it is in accordance to the Islamic foundation of Shari'ah that relies on primary and secondary sources of knowledge, which are: Qur'an, Sunnah, and Fiqh Science. The finding shows that there are very few of Islamic apps for children, especially in Malay and Indonesian language. This study suggests that developers should design and develop more Islamic mobile apps for children, especially with education and entertainment features. This study also recommends some requirements and guidelines in designing Islamic apps that are suitable for Muslim children.
... Already in 1869, the Alamat Langkapuri was issued in Colombo, Sri Lanka, by a member of the Malay diaspora (Ricci 2013). religion to this day, yet can be considered Malay in terms of language and culture (Raghavan 1977). 7 In post-independence Malaysia, however, Chitties have thus far been unsuccessful in claiming bumiputra-ship, whereas most Muslim Jawi Peranakan conveniently registered themselves as Malays. ...
Speakers of Malay and Tamil have been in intermittent contact for roughly two millennia, yet extant academic work on the resultant processes of contact, lexical borrowing, and language mixing at the interface of these two speech communities has only exposed the tip of the proverbial iceberg. This paper presents an historical overview of language contact between Malay and Tamil through time and across the Bay of Bengal. It concludes with a call for future studies on the lexicology, dialectology, and use of colloquial language of both Malay and Tamil varieties.
This paper investigates Islamic mobile applications for children and evaluates the quantity as well as the quality of such applications. The existing and new criteria for exploring Islamic mobile applications used in this study have been enhanced and extended from the level of quality assessment to a deeper aspect of Islamic mobile application's design and interface. Similarly, additional aspects have also been considered to analyse whether it is suitable for children in terms of language, examples used, and whether it is in accordance to the Islamic foundation of Shari'ah that relies on primary and secondary sources of knowledge, which are: Qur'an, Sunnah, and Fiqh Science. The finding shows that there are very few of Islamic apps for children, especially in Malay and Indonesian language. This study suggests that developers should design and develop more Islamic mobile apps for children, especially with education and entertainment features. This study also recommends some requirements and guidelines in designing Islamic apps that are suitable for Muslim children.
This study aims to explore potential mutually beneficial Malaysia-Middle East partnership through seeking for factors affecting firm's performance. A survey was conducted to analyze Malaysian firms that have ventured into nations surrounding the Persian Gulf. Both large-sized firms and SMEs are pursuing business opportunities in the region. The data was collected using highly structured survey questionnaire and was addressed to the top management in the company. A total of one hundred and twenty useful returns were received. The perceived performance was rather modest and analyses revealed there are no significant differences in export performance arising from differences in firm's characteristics. However, the results showed there is significant difference of industry in non-economic measure of export performance and another exception relates to entry mode that can explain the variation in export performance. The results showed the relationship between firm's characteristics and export performance. The results emanate from its expected theoretical implications to knowledge and practical implications to business and public organization. It lends support to the firm's performance and enhances their export marketing knowledge with useful implications for international marketing. The results support the proposition from developing countries which depend on firm's characteristics particularly industry and entry mode influence export performance.
Purpose
– The purpose of this paper is to investigate several concepts of inward and outward internationalization and their impact on export performance in the context of Malaysian manufacturing exporting firms.
Design/methodology/approach
– Mail survey was administered to gather data from the Malaysian manufacturing firms that have been identified to have business export trading to the major oil and gas producer countries in the Middle East. A total of 120 respondents were received and further analysis was tabulated.
Findings
– Findings revealed that the outward internationalization is positively related to economic and non-economic measures of export performance. It indicates that an outward internationalization related to organizational capability has a major contribution to the export performance of Malaysian manufacturing and exporting firms. On the other hand, top management international orientation as an inward internationalization is negatively and significantly associated with economic measures, but not in the non-economic measures of the export performance.
Research limitations/implications
– The cross-sectional nature of this study may have limitations with respect to examining the direction and causality of some of the variables. The findings are limited to Malaysian manufacturing firms exporting to targeted markets. The significant of this study emanates from its expected theoretical implications to knowledge and practical implications to business and public organization. It lends support to the internationalization theory and contributes to a firm’s performance and enhances their export marketing knowledge with useful implications for international and relationship marketing.
Originality/value
– The results support the proposition that internationalization of firms from emerging nations are dependent on learning, acquiring and applying the knowledge from other firms particularly from firms originating from advanced developed nations.
To be forced to make a choice of nationality following a revolutionary upheaval is a trying experience. It becomes traumatic when one is, or feels oneself to be, part of the “privileged class” in a plural society in which the “natives” are about to achieve supreme political power. The Eurasians of Indonesia are a group of mixed descent closely tied to the land of their birth, but culturally and politically oriented to a society thousands of miles away along the shores of the North Sea. F. H. de Hoog, charismatic chairman of the powerful Eurasian League from 1928 to 1939, referred to the Eurasians as the “vanguard” of the Dutch population in the Netherlands. He emphasized that Eurasians were imbued with Dutch culture and would stand or fall with Dutch rule.1 In 1949, the “vanguard” was cut off.
Typescript. Thesis (Ph. D.)--Cornell University, 1958. Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 493-499). Microfilm. s
The Chinese Community of Manila: A Study of the Adaption of Chinese Familism to the Philippine Environment, Chicago, 1960. rETHNO-RACIAL The Eurasian Minority in Indonesia
- Jacques Amyot
- West Malaysia
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Jacques Amyot, The Chinese Community of Manila: A Study of the Adaption of Chinese Familism to the Philippine Environment, Chicago, 1960. rETHNO-RACIAL MARGINALITY IN WEST MALAYSIA 457 J. M. Van der Kroef, The Eurasian Minority in Indonesia. American Sociological Review, vol. 18, no. 15, 1953, pp. 484-493
A Preliminary Investigation of the Sam-Sam of Kedah and Perlis
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7 C. Archimbault. Sam-Sam: A Preliminary Investigation of the Sam-Sam of Kedah and Perlis. Journal of the Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic Society (JMBRAS), vol. 30, 1957, pp. 75-92
17 For a discussion of this rather controversial issue of the distinction between Masuk Islam and Masuk Melayu, see the clarification by the Secretary of the Penang Religious Department, Haji Abdul Rahim KhanWhat it Means to Embrace Islam
17 For a discussion of this rather controversial issue of the distinction between
Masuk Islam and Masuk Melayu, see the clarification by the Secretary of the
Penang Religious Department, Haji Abdul Rahim Khan; "What it Means to
Embrace Islam", Malay Mail, Kuala Lumpur, Dec. 6, 1972, p. 5.
See Omar Farouk Shaikh AhmadThe Arabs in Penang Island: A Preliminary Socio-Historical Survey Unpublished B.A. thesis submitted to Department of History For an account of the D.K.K., see Abdul Rahim Desa
- Kuala Lumpur
5 Very little has been written about the Arab communities. See Omar Farouk
Shaikh Ahmad; "The Arabs in Penang Island: A Preliminary Socio-Historical
Survey." Unpublished B.A. thesis submitted to Department of History, University of Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, 1975/76. For an account of the D.K.K.,
see Abdul Rahim Desa; "Kajian Politik dalam Budaya Orang-orang India
Muslim (Mamak) di Kampung Melayu Pulau Pinang." B.A. thesis submitted
to the Department of Anthropology and Sociology, University of Malaya,
Kuala Lumpur, 1974/75.