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The origin of the name Selangor is uncertain. A common suggestion is that the name refers to the Malay word langau, a large fly or blowfly that is found in the marshes along the Selangor River (Sungai Selangor) in the state's north-west. According to local lore, a warrior who escaped from Malacca after the Portuguese conquest, took a break from ...
Siti Nurhaliza, the most prominent Malay pop star of her era, performing in full traditional Malay costume. She is credited with having introduced and popularised the Malay traditional pop culture throughout the Malay world. The Malay Peninsula, now an important part of Malaysia, has been the stronghold of Malay sultanates for centuries.
Tamils, Malayalees, and Telugu people make up over 85 percent of the people of Indian origin in the country. Indian immigrants to Malaysia brought with them the Hindu and Sikh cultures. This included temples and Gurdwaras, cuisine, and clothing. Hindu tradition remains strong in the Indian community of Malaysia.
Bukit Malawati (Malawati Hill in English) is a fort located in Kuala Selangor, Selangor, Malaysia. [1] Managed by the Kuala Selangor Municipal Council, Bukit Malawati is a popular local tourist attraction. [2] It has strategic importance because of its position at the mouth of the Selangor River which drains into the Strait of Malacca, with ...
Arts & Culture: The unique culture and lifestyle of various ethnic groups in Selangor especially its native Malay population who belong to subethnicities such as Bugis, Javanese, Minangkabau, Banjar, Mandailing and Rawa as well as the dominant minority Malaysian Chinese who belong to different dialect groups such as the state's dominant Cantonese majority, Hakkas (second largest), Teochew ...
Selangor Museum was the de facto national museum pre-independence. [4] Selangor Museum was established in 1887 as an amateur affair by colonial civil servants. [5] It was taken over by the colonial government, and following the formation of the Federated Malay States in 1896, in 1904 it was administratively merged with the Perak Museum in Taiping as the Federated Malay States Museums under ...
However, contemporary Malaysia regards the entire history of Malaya and Borneo, spanning thousands of years back to prehistoric times, as its own history. The first evidence of archaic human occupation in the region dates back at least 1.83 million years, while the earliest remnants of anatomically modern humans are approximately 40,000 years ...
Sulaimans rule was marked by Selangor joining the Federated Malay States, a federation of four protectorates in the Malay Peninsula, including Perak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang, established by the British government in 1895, which lasted until 1946. The Istana Alam Shah was built in 1905 and Sultan Sulaiman there until his death in 1938.