October 8, 2008

Multi-Racial Lion Dance – Truly Malaysia


What do you think keeps us united in a country that is a melting pot of races, cultures and religions? Let’s bring it a little closer to home, what do you think makes this work in Malaysia?

Personally, I don’t think it’s the campaigns of loving Malaysia carried out by the government. I truly believe that we, each and everyone of us are doing what we can to keep scales from tipping over.

We are united because we choose to be, we make the effort because we are wiser for the mistakes of our forefathers. Take the Muhibbah Lion Dance Group for example. Lion dance troupes have long been a mainstay of the Chinese community but here you have 40 members of various races taking a multi-cultural route. And what’s more, the troupe also has two women - a Malay and an Indian.
We should make a stand which does not tolerate stereotypical references to which race is lazy, which race is backstabbing and which race would sell their own mother for a bit of profit.

The next time someone of a similar race as you makes a racial slur, remind them about your mutual racial flaws and highlight that you’re not as perfect as you think you are. It’s these distinctions that make us so alike and yet so unique. It’s not enough that we are proud to be Malaysians – we should be proud of each other and celebrate our differences that bind us together as a nation.

3 comments:

Ms Yati said...

Some people just too blind to see the colours that Malaysia have. If we can see like how our children see, we will not see races, we will see beautiful colours and friendship.

Anonymous said...

National Integration can make us live in peace and harmony. However, there are people who used ways to break this unity. Do not raise racial slur. Every race need to respect each other and use a professional way to raise dissatisfaction. For people, do not just influenced by a bad news, check it first.

Jeremy Lee said...

As a nation, we need to look beyond what is your culture and what is mine culture after all we have been living together and sharing culture for so many years.