Plural Society In Malaysia

I m a semester 4 student from uitm seremban.

Plural society in malaysia. A plural society is defined by fredrik barth as a society combining ethnic contrasts. Multi cultural multi religious and multi linguistic society. Culture humanities ii group 1 katie ken brendy chelsea nur ain 2. I made this video by using the apps filmorago.

Immigrants flowing in during the 1700s mainly from china and south and north india. In malaysia the level of social interaction in plural society is minimal. This is our video presentation for our assignment project pad270 subject. Plural society malaysias strength the multiculturalism witnessed in malaysia has served to put the countrys leaders in check.

Live side by side yet without mingling in one political unit 3 a plural society furnival argued was especially prone to instability 4 in the case of malaysia the defining presence of a plural society has been commented. Ethnic composition of the malaysian population malay chinese and indian are the largest ethnic groups in west malaysia the ethnic groups in sabah and sarawak is even bigger such as kadazan iban murut iban bajau bidayuh and so on. S furnival he claims that the concept of plural contemporary society is a catagorisation of ethnic categories who live under one political unit but aren t intergrated hj. Malaysia malaysia is well known for its cultural diversity.

Regardless of our background and origins we can still openly accept the differences between other ethnics with less friction. Since the formation of malaysia in 1963 most of the ethnic groups in the country lived together in peacefully and harmoniously. And yet this is my. The economic interdependence of those groups and their ecological specialization i e use of different environmental resources by each ethnic group.

The ecological interdependence or the lack of competition between ethnic groups may be based on the different activities in the same region or on long. According to the new straits times of december 28 2011 the political powers governance of a plural society should take into consideration the plurality diverse identities of the nation it governs. Originally from china originally from india. Introduction malaysia is a fairly small country known for it being a cultural hotpot.

Plural society in malaysia 1. The term plural itself refers to more than one person and the term contemporary society refers to the individuals in a country waters and bull 2007.