neighboring countries; Malaysia‚ Singapore and Brunei.[2] ------------------------------------------------- Musical instruments The musical identity of Indonesia as we know it today began as the Bronze Age culture migrated to the Indonesian archipelago in the 2nd-3rd century BC.[3] Traditional musics of Indonesian tribes often uses percussion instruments‚ especially gendang (drums) and gongs. Some of them developed elaborate and distinctive musical instruments‚ such as sasando string instrument
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INTRODUCTION (OVERWIEW) Situated on the beautiful island of Borneo‚ Sabah is one of the thirteen states which Malaysia is made of. Sabah is the second largest state in Malaysia and shares the island of Borneo with Sarawak‚ Brunei‚ and Indonesian Kalimantan. Sabah is richly blessed with nature diversity‚ unique cultures‚ fun adventure‚ beautiful beaches‚ and fantastic cuisines for the adventurous taste buds. We have it all‚ from the world’s largest flower - the Rafflesia‚ one of the highest mountains
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1 THE ROLE OF RESORT IN PROMOTING TRADITIONAL MALAY ARCHITECTURE AND HERITAGE AWARENESS AMONG TOURIST IN MALAYSIA Siti Rohamini YUSOFF PhD Candidate Universiti Teknologi MARA‚ MALAYSIA minnyusoff@gmail.com Assoc. Prof. Dr. Mohd Sabrizaa ABD RASHID‚ Head of KUTAI (Knowledge of Understanding Tropical Architecture and Interior) Universiti Teknologi MARA‚ Malaysia Perak MALAYSIA mohds637@perak.uitm.edu.my Ruzana ABD KADIR MSc Candidate Universiti Teknologi MARA‚ Malaysia Perak MALAYSIA
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Sources of History Sources of information provide the evidence from which the historian obtains facts about the past. In writing history‚ the historian not only relies on past thoughts rather re-enacts it in the context of analysing the documents and other records left. This is an indispensable condition in the quest for historical facts. Primary sources are those that have witnessed the event that took place or have been part of the incident being studied. These include written records
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Abstract From "Sabang ‘till Merauke" is the name of a song dedicated to Indonesia’s many islands and its diversity. It’s numerous chain of islands contained in the thirty-two thousand miles dividing two oceans‚ the Pacific Ocean and the Indian Ocean. Sabang is a small island just off the coast of Sumatra; Merauke is a small village near the border of Papua New Guinea. Indonesia’s 13‚677 islands inhabited by 350 different ethnic groups‚ and more than 200 different languages. Consequently this part
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there has been a constant flow of ships between the South China Sea and Indian Ocean via the Straits of Melaka. Merchants and traders from different countries including China‚ Arabia and India would travel by trading vessels around the tip of the Malay Peninsula and to trade at various ports‚ one of which was the port of Temasek (Singapore). And with “a safe‚ well-sheltered estuary and its freshwater spring”‚ the Singapore river once became the main trading site for foreign vessels as well as regional
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Peranakan Chinese and Baba-Nyonya are terms used for the descendants of late 15th and 16th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago of Nusantara during the Colonial era. Members of this community in Melaka address themselves as "Nyonya Baba" instead of "Baba-Nyonya". Nyonya is the term for the ladies and Baba for the gentlemen. It applies especially to the ethnic Chinese populations of the British Straits Settlements of Malaya and the Dutch-controlled island of Java and other locations
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colloquial usage‚ the term often refers to an inner city neighborhood‚ a suburb or a suburban neighborhood. The word barangay originated from balanghai---a kind of boat used by a group of Austronesians that sailed and migrated to the Philippine archipelago. Municipalities and cities are composed of barangays‚ and they may be further subdivided into smaller areas called purók (English: zone)‚ and sitio‚ which is a territorial enclave inside a barangay‚ especially in rural areas. In writing‚ barangay
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nearby Asian neighbors by several bodies of water. They are the Pacific Ocean on the east‚ the South China Sea on the north and west‚ and the Celebes Sea and the coastal waters of Borneo on the south. I. LAND AND ITS PEOPLE The Philippines is an archipelago of 7‚107 islands and islets. The biggest islands are Luzon‚ with a land area of 40‚530 square miles (105‚000 square kilometers); Mindanao‚ 36‚670 square miles (95‚000 square kilometers); Palawan‚ 5‚749.86 square miles (14‚ 896 square kilometers);
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Part 1: HISTORY OF INDEPENDENCE MOVEMENT TRADITIONAL MALAY KINGDOM The ancient history of Malaysia spans four main phases: 1. PALEOLITHIC AGE (early stone age)‚ 35000 YEARS AGO 2. MESOLITHIC AGE (middle stone age)‚ 11000 YEARS AGO 3. NEOLITHIC AGE (new stone age)‚ 5000 YEARS AGO 4. METAL AGE‚ 2500 YEARS AGO EARLY INHABITANTS • • • The earliest ancient civilization found at Tampan Fort‚ Ulu Perak to be 74‚ 000 years old and believed to associate with a Java man. The finding of a human
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