Feeling The Diversity of Culture in Southeast Asia, Are We The Same?

The proximity of the geographical location between Indonesia and Malaysia and the teachings that were accepted at the time made Malaysia and Indonesia have almost the same similarities if we do not pay close attention, for example, the faces or faces of Malaysians and Indonesians have similarities and the majority have brown skin. The mature adoption of the Malay language in Indonesia, especially in the Kalimantan region, makes Indonesia and Malaysia almost no different. 

From cultural arts there are some that are almost similar, for example, if Indonesia has reog Ponorogo and Kuda Lumping in Malaysia also has Kuda Lumping which this news has spread widely from the last few months which was mentioned in the mass media about claims of Indonesian culture in Malaysia, namely Reog culture. Ponorogo, to be more precise, claims that the lumping horse Ponorogo is said to be one of Indonesia's signature loot which has become an art and is recognized by Malaysia.

While it may seem that every country has its own unique culture, it turns out that there are some similarities between all of them. For example, in terms of the Malay language used by people in Southeast Asia, the way of speaking, clothing and facial features that have little by little similarities. In addition, every country must have its own characteristics in culture or dress. 

In Malaysia, where the majority of the people are ethnic Malays, Chinese and Indians, they have a culture, namely the dull dawai Daya dance ceremony and the zapin dance, where these dances have their own characteristics in terms of clothing, while in clothing, Malaysians usually wear traditional Malay clothes that has the characteristic of using a skullcap for men and a short sarong that covers the hips and plain cloth pants. Meanwhile, in Myanmar, where the majority of religions are Hinduism or Buddhism, they have a culture that is dominated by Buddhists because there is very little Islam in Myanmar. Culture in Myanmar is more of a handicraft culture, for example jade. As well as clothing in Myanmar called longyi which is worn by wrapping it from the stomach to the calves and wearing a headdress and jade bracelets. 

 So that's all the discussion about the cultural diversity that exists in Southeast Asia, I hope this information is useful for all of us.