Friday, September 11, 2009

"one day Malaysia will become a province of Indonesia"

“Kick them, one day Malaysia will become a province of Indonesia,” wrote one netizen who goes by the title of “Arjito”, echoing numerous other calls to “kill Malaysia”. - http://themalaysianinsider.com/index.php/malaysia/37476-anti-malaysia-fever-migrates-to-internet-

During those time, the feeling was that Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Southern Thailand, Phillipine, Papua, Brunei are called Nusantara (The English recognise it as "Malay Archipelago"). But due to different colonialist (Indonesia by Dutch, Malaysia by English etc), the Nusantara was disintegrated. Sukarno tried to assemble again the Nusantara. But Tunku Abdul Rahman refused to be part of Indonesia. Thereby Confrontation. We dont know why Tunku refused, but it could be due to the effect of different colonialist and the situation in Tanah Melayu at that time, where Malays in Tanah Melayu faced a situation where there were migrants from India and China. Indonesia did nit face this kind of situation. This may make our outlook a bit different. But the feeling that Malay is part of Nusantara is never subside. The different is only political approach.

Now over the controversy of 'stealing' of Pendet dance, Indonesians want to 'ganyang' (crush) Malaysia, not ganyang for the sake of ganyang only, but to make Malaysia part of Nusantara. This is the feeling by the Indonesians. If Malaysia is part of Indonesia, there would be no restriction for peoiple in Malaysia to advertise using Pendet dance. The spirit of Nusantara is still there.

So, for Chinese and Indians in Malaysia who claim that Malays are migrant from Indonesia is wrong. Malays are of Malay stock who has Nusantara as their homeland and they move freely inside the area.

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