Malaysi Ethnic And Ethnic Culture In Malaysia

Malaysia is a multi-cultural and multi-racial society. The main ethnic groups within Malaysia comprise the Malays, Chinese, Indians and numerous natives, each with its own languages and tradition. Even though they are educated in the same schools and might work in the same company, few marry with difference race too, but they tend to socialise within their own ethnic group to retain their individual lifestyle and traditions.

The national and official language of Malaysia is Bahasa Malaysia or Bahasa Melayu, but English is widely spoken in Malaysia as well, especially in business. Excluding English, the government in Malaysia provides schooling at the primary level in each of the three major languages, which are Malay, Mandarin and Tamil. Other than Malay, English, Chinese and Tamil, there are some other tribal languages used by minorities.

Greetings in a social environment will depend on the ethnicity of the person that you are meeting. Handshakes is generally quite suffice when greeting to someone in any races. However, Malay women are not able to shake hands with men, but they can shake hands with women. In the meantime, Malay men may not shake hands with women too, they may bow instead while placing their hands on their heart.

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One of the most popular Malay dishes is nasi lemak, rice cooked in coconut milk served with sambal ikan bilis or chilli anchovies, cucumber slices, hard-boiled egg and roasted peanuts and is traditionally packaged in a fresh banana leaf. One of the distinguishing ingredients used in many Malay dishes is the belacan as known as the shrimp paste. Most of the rice meals are eaten by using their fingers. Since that almost all of the Malays are Muslims, the issue of halal certification is very important in the Malay