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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 ...
The Bugis-Malay, also known as Malay-Bugis, Melayu-Bugis or Peranakan Bugis, refers to a cultural and ethnic group with heritage rooted in both Malay and Bugis communities, typically comprising individuals of mixed Malay and South Sulawesi ancestry. This group descends from multiple waves of migration from South Sulawesi, particularly to Johor ...
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 ...
A Batin (village chief) of the Besisi people from Kuala Langat, Selangor, Malaysia, 1906. The Mah Meri are an ethnic group native to western part of Peninsular Malaysia. They are one of the 18 Orang Asli groups named by the Malaysian government. They are of the Senoi subgroup. Most of the members of the Mah Meri tribe live along the coast of ...
Live Webcast. [1] SelangorTV is a Malaysian online streaming TV Channel owned by the State Government of Selangor [1][2], through its State-owned enterprise Menteri Besar Selangor Incorporated subsidiary – Media Selangor Sdn Bhd. It began operation in 2008. SelangorTV was formed by the State Government because the Federal Government would not ...
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 ...
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.
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 ...