Wednesday, 5 June 2013

Culture during Hari Raya and Chinese New Year


Adding more research to the previous post, this is more to the clothing and preparation for the celebration

The following photos are example of baju Melayu:


Figure 1: Baju Melayu.


Figure 2: Baju Kurung.

The photo shown as below is the ketupat. 

                                                                   Figure 3: Ketupat.



Ketupat is cooked in pouches shown as image above made from coconut leaves. Coconut leaves are woven in a crisscross fashion to form a pouch. The pouch is then filled with rice before steaming.

The following video is the way to make ketupat using ribbon for decoration:


Chinese Culture during Chinese New Year 
Figure 4: Chinese traditionally costume.

The images above is Chinese traditionally costume wear during Chinese New Year festival. The red is used because the Chinese word for red (, hóng) sounds like the word for “prosperous.” For Chinese, red means joy, virtue, truth and sincerity.
Decoration made for welcoming Chinese New Year are lantern, fan and fish made from angpau. The following video is the way to make the lantern, fan and fish from angpau. 



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ACOdN1c4z80




Reference List:

Chinese Culture, n.d.. Chinese New Year: Chinese New Year's Decorations. [Online] Available at:
http://chineseculture.about.com/od/chinesefestivals/a/Chinese-New-Year-Chinese-New-Years-Decorations.htm (Accessed 6 Jun 2013).

WISEGEEK, n.d.. What is Ketupat? [Online] Available at: http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-ketupat.htm (Accessed 6 Jun 2013).


Picture Credits List:
Figure 1
http://israelu09.blogspot.com/2011/01/kenapa-perlu-pakai-baju-melayu-selepas.html

Figure 2

Figure 3
http://happyhomemaker88.files.wordpress.com/2008/10/ketupat-001-small.jpg

Figure 4
http://nexus.mmu.edu.my/?p=1864

-Ming Fen





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