Saturday, 7 May 2011

Labu Sayong

Sayong is a small village in Perak, Malaysia. It is famous for a traditional craft known as Labu Sayong, earthenware, gourd-shaped jars for keeping drinking water cool


Malaysian Food

Malaysian cuisine reflects the multicultural aspects of Malaysia. Various ethnic groups in Malaysia have their own dishes, but many dishes in Malaysia are derived from multiple ethnic influences. Food preparation differs from place to place, even though they are all cooking the same food. Different preparations have different taste and decoration, but generally the ingredients used are the same.


Malaysian Culture

The Culture of Malaysia draws on the varied cultures of the different peoples of Malaysia.The many different ethnicities that currently exist in Malaysia have their own unique and distinctive cultural identities, with some crossover


Information about Malaysia


Kuala Lumpur[a]
Putrajaya (administrative centre)
3°08′N 101°42′E
Largest city Kuala Lumpur
Official language(s) Bahasa Malaysia[b]
Official for some purposes English[c]
Official script Malay alphabet
Ethnic groups  50.4% Malay
23.7% Chinese
11.0% Indigenous
 7.1% Indian
 7.8% Other[2]
Demonym Malaysian[3]
Government Federal constitutional elective monarchy and Federal parliamentary democracy
 -  Yang di-Pertuan Agong Mizan Zainal Abidin
 -  Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak
 -  Deputy Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
Independence
 -  From the United Kingdom (Malaya only) 31 August 1957
 -  Federation (with Sabah, Sarawak and Singapore[d]) 16 September 1963
Area
 -  Total 329,847 km2 (66th)
127,354 sq mi 
 -  Water (%) 0.3
Population
 -  2010[6] census 27,565,821 
 -  Density 83.57/km2 (114th)
216.45/sq mi
GDP (PPP) 2010 estimate
 -  Total $414.428 billion[7] 
 -  Per capita $14,669[7] 
GDP (nominal) 2010 estimate
 -  Total $237.959 billion
 -  Per capita $8,423
Gini (2002[2]) 46.1
HDI (2010) increase 0.744 (high) (57th)
Currency Ringgit (RM) (MYR)
Time zone MST (UTC+8)
 -  Summer (DST) Not observed (UTC+8)
Date formats dd-mm-yyyy
Drives on the Left
ISO 3166 code MY
Internet TLD .my
Calling code +60Source :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malaysia       

Malaysia Handicraft

"Handicraft Products" means any product that has artistic or traditional cultural attractions and is the result of a process that depends solely or partly to the skill of hand and includes any product batik and "batik product" means any article, however, produced a batik design on or in any part of it. (source: Malaysia Handicraft Development Association) , some of Malaysia handicraft are batik, pewter product and other ...please refer to this link for detail.http://www.kraftangan.gov.my