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Malaysian Chinese remain the business sector's dominant players; equity ownership doubled from 22.8 percent in 1969 to 45.5 percent in 1990, and nearly all of Malaysia's richest people are Chinese. [134] Since Malaysian Chinese manage the country's economy, most (75.8 percent in 1991) live in urban areas. [135]
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO) identifies intangible cultural heritage as the "non-physical traditions and practices that are performed by a people". As part of a country's cultural heritage, they include celebrations, festivals, performances, oral traditions, music, and the making of handicrafts. [1]
Peranakan culture has started to disappear in Malaysia and Singapore. Without support from the colonial government for their perceived ethnic independence, government policies in both countries following independence from colonial rule have resulted in the assimilation of Peranakans back into mainstream Chinese culture.
Malaysian Chinese cuisine is derived from the culinary traditions of Chinese Malaysian immigrants and their descendants, [citation needed] who have adapted or modified their culinary traditions under the influence of Malaysian culture as well as immigration patterns of Chinese to Malaysia.
Chinese-language mass media in Malaysia (3 C, 8 P) Pages in category "Chinese-Malaysian culture" The following 41 pages are in this category, out of 41 total.
The government has historically made little distinction between "Malay culture" and "Malaysian culture". [8] The Malays, who account for over half the Malaysian population, [1] play a dominant role politically and are included in a grouping identified as bumiputra. Their native language, Bahasa Malaysia, is the national language of the country. [9]
Malaysian Chinese cuisine is derived from the culinary traditions of Chinese Malaysian immigrants and their descendants, who have adapted or modified their culinary traditions under the influence of Malaysian culture as well as immigration patterns of Chinese to Malaysia.
Malaysian folklore is the folk culture of ... This variety of genres in Malaysian folk music reflects the cultural groups within Malaysian society; Malay, Chinese ...