the Malay race: Shattering the myth !!!!

"Never expect yourself to be given a good value........
create a value of your own !"

So the million Dollar Question. Is there really a race called the
"Malays"? All anthropologists DO NOT SEEM TO THINK SO.

Neither do the "Malays" who live on the West Coast of Johor. They'd
rather be called Javanese. What about the west coast Kedah inhabitants
who prefer to be known as "Achenese"? Or the Ibans who simply want to
be known as IBANS. Try calling a Kelabit a "Malay" and see what
response you get. you'll be so glad that their Head-Hunting days are
over.

The definition of "Malay" is therefore simply a collection of people's
who speak a similar type language. With what is meant by a similar
type language does not mean that the words are similar. Linguists call
this the "Lego-type" language, where words are added on to the root

word to make meaning and give tenses and such. Somehow, the
Indonesians disagree with this classification. They refuse to be
called Malay. Anyhow you may define it.. Watch "Malays in Africa"; a
Museum Negara produced DVD. Also, the "Champa Malays" by the same.

With this classification, they MUST also include the Phillipinos, the
Papua New Guineans, the Australian Aboroginies, as well as the
Polynesian Aboroginies. These are of the Australo Melanesians who
migrated out of Africa 60,000yrs ago.

Getting interesting? Read on.

"Malay" should also include the Taiwanese singer "Ah Mei" who is
Alisan as her tribe are the anscestors of the "Malays". And finally,
you will need to define the Southern Chinese (Funan Province) as Malay
also, since they are from the same stock 6,000yrs ago. Try calling the
Bugis a "Malay". Interestingly, the Bugis, who predominantly live on
Sulawesi are not even Indonesians. Neither do they fall into the same
group as the migrating Southern Chinese of 6,000yrs ago nor the
Australo Melanesian group from Africa.

Ready for this?

The Bugis are the cross-breed between the Chinese and the Arabs. (FYI,
a runaway Ming Dynasty official whom Cheng Ho was sent to hunt down)
Interestingly, the Bugis were career Pirates in the Johor-Riau Island
areas. Now the nephew of Daeng Kemboja was appointed the First Sultan
of Selangor. That makes the entire Selangor Sultanate part Arab, part
Chinese!

Try talking to the Bugis Museum curator near Kukup in Johor. Kukup is
located near the most south-western tip of Johor. (Due south of
Pontian Kechil)

Let's not even get into the Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Kasturi, Hang

Lekiu, and Hang Lekir, who shared the same family last name as the
other super famous "Hang" family member. Hang Li Poh. And who was she?
The princess of a Ming Dynasty Emperor who was sent to marry the
Sultan of Malacca. Won't that make the entire Malacca Sultanate
downline "Baba" ? Since the older son of the collapsed Malaccan
Sultanate got killed in Johor, (the current Sultanate is the downline
of the then, Bendahara) the only other son became the Sultan of Perak.
Do we see any Chinese-ness in Raja Azlan? Is he the descendant of Hang
Li Poh?

Next question. If the Baba's are part Malay, why have they been
marginalized by NOT BEING BUMIPUTERA? Which part of "Malay" are they
not? Whatever the answer, why then are the Portugese of Malacca
BUMIPUTERA? Did they not come 100yrs AFTER the arrival of the first
Baba's? Parameswara
founded Malacca in 1411. The Portugese came in 1511, and the Dutch in
the 1600's. Strangely, the Baba's ere in fact once classified a
Bumiputera, but a decided that they were strangely "declassified" in
the 1960's. WHY?

The Sultan of Kelantan had similar roots to the Pattani Kingdom making
him of Thai origin. And what is this "coffee table book" by the Sultan
of Perlis claiming to be the direct descendant of the prophet
Muhammed? Somehow we see Prof Khoo Khay Khim's signature name on the
book. I'll pay good money to own a copy of it myself. Anyone has a
spare?

So, how many of you have met with orang Asli's? the more northern you
go, the more African they look. Why are they called Negrito's? It is a
Spanish word, from which directly transalates "mini Negros". The more

southern you go, the more "Indonesian" they look. And the ones who
live at Cameron Highlands kinda look 50-50. You can see the Batek at
Taman Negara, who really look like Eddie Murphy to a certain degree.
Or the Negritos who live at the Thai border near Temenggor Lake (north
Perak). The Mah Meri in Carrie Island look almost like the Jakuns in
Endau Rompin. Half African, half Indonesian.

By definition, (this is super eye-opening) there was a Hindu Malay
Empire in Kedah. Yes, I said right. The Malays were Hindu. It was, by
the old name Langkasuka. Today known as Lembah Bujang. This Hindu
Malay Empire was 2,000yrs old.. Pre-dating Borrobudor AND Angkor Watt.
Who came about
around 500-600yrs later. Lembah Bujang was THE mighty trading empire,
and its biggest influence was by the Indians who were here to help
start it. By definition, this should make the Indians BUMIPUTERAS too
since they were here 2,000yrs ago! Why are they marginalized?

So, in a nutshell, the "Malays" (anthropologists will disagree with
this "race" definition) are TRULY ASIA !!! (main continent and West
Asia included)


Part 2

Here are some comments from Michael in answer to some Malays who have
attacked him for penning this commentary.

Greetings. This is Michael Chick. Unlike others who hide behind
"anonymous synonyms" I came clear with my real name. The post which I
put up was not a figment of my imagination but the end result of 3
years extensive research. As such, the facts presented are clear-cut,
straightforward and unassuming. Perhaps you would all like to chat
with any anthropologist at UM before sending-off any flaming sparks in
my direction again. These Professors should be as Malaysian as any of
you. The subject matter is fact-based. To Bayi, "Contesting Malayness"
is available at Kinokuniya at Takashimaya 4th floor, Orchard road. At
a cost
of S$32. It is also available at National University of Singapore.
Why? Coz it's their textbook. Let me repeat; "Contesting Malayness" is
an NUS textbook, published by NUS Press, written by Professor Tony
Milner .

To Achmad Sudarsono, calling the Malays a "race" is akin to calling
the Hokkiens or the Javanese a "race". Please do not confuse the term
"orang" with "Bangsa". What do I mean? The term orang is used by
Malays to describe Orang Bugis, Orang Acheh, Orang Laut, Orand India,
Orang Melayu. And here is where the confusion was.. Orang Melayu
merely refers to the residents of Kampung Melayu near Jambi, near
Palembang. Please use Google Earth to find its exact location.

Unless you can say that all "Orang melayu" are descendants of that
village, you simply cannot be called orang Melayu. In fact the name
"Malay" has been traced to Lembah Bujang, where the Indian traders
used to call the locals "Malai" (in Tamil) to describe the locals. The
locals were animistic pagans at that time, and readily adopted Hindu
practices and Indian customs. "Raja" and "Sultan" are Indian titles.
The adat bersanding with the pelamin are of Indian origin. Even the
"gifts-bearing" walk by the groom has its Indian roots. Please attend
an Indian Wedding before flaming me again. Or have a chat with Prof
Nik Hassan who is in charge of the Lembah Bujang archaeological
excavations.

Malaya, was therefore a derivative from Himalaya . "Sejarah Melayu"
therefore was describing the Kampong Melayu origins. But here is where
from pages 1-3 tell you that Kampong Melayu are descendants of
Iskandar Zulkarnain (Alexander the Great) through the bloodline of a
West Indian Princess. This came from Sejarah Melayu. This book is
cheap. You can buy it at the University Malaya Bookstore for a mere
RM35. It is published by MBRAS (Malaysian Branch of the Royal Asiatic
Society). Its patron member is Tun Hanif (ex-IGP)

Please speak with Datuk Prof Zuraina Majid , who excavated "Perak
Man". She will tell you that Perak Man is a descendant of the
Australo-Melanesian stock African. National Museum of the Phillipines
will verify that they came from Taiwan . And National University of
Indonesia will confirm that they came from the Phillipines. Nik Aziz
(PAS leader from Kelantan) will tell you that his grandfather came
from Champa. To all Kelantanese, please explain the newly changed name
of a Kampong near Bachok (close to the Pengkalan Chepa airport) to
"Kampung Champa" to our friends here.

Please also visit Museum Negara to see the exhibits on the "Dong Song"
brass drums and Gua Cha in Kelantan near Gua Musang to see the
Hoabinhian Caves . Dong Song and Hoabinh are in Indochina . And
therefore, the locals are descendants from that region. The entire
Northern States also have their roots from the Pattani Kingdom ; which
today we call Thailand . In fact, please visit the Kelantan WWII
museum to see the article on how Perlis, Kedah, Kelantan and
Terengganu was part of Thailand from 1943-1945. Then walk over to the
Kelantan State Museum to see the exhibit on Gua Cha to read their
explainations of the Hoabinhian Cultures of Early Kelantan settlers.

Malaysian Archaeologists call the early settlers Proto Malay. And the
current settlers Deutero Malay. The scientific term is actually,
Australo Melanesian (African) and Austranesian (Chinese, or
Mongoloid).This is a DNA and bone structure classification. Even the
term Negrito transalates from Spanish to mean "mini Negro".

I hope that I've made myself comprehensible enough. Feel free to ask
any further questions to help clear the air. The "Malays" are NOT a
race. I'm so sorry that you are only hearing this now. The rest of the
Academic World has known it for years.

By: Michael Chick on May 30th, 2007
At 2:44 am

To address Hang Tuah, Hang Jebat, Hang Lekir, Hang Kasturi, Hang Lekir
and Hang Li Poh.. They were all related by the family name of "Hang".

Please visit their graves in Malacca. Their graves are clear-cut
Hindu. This was during the "Great Malacca Empire" when Parameswara was
supposed to have converted to Islam. Why are "Legendary Defenders of
the States' " graves Hindu? They are not having the spiral headstones,
or the Batu Acheh type headstones. Instead, they are solid concrete
blocks with traingular holes for incence and oil-lamp burning. Hang
Tuah's grave (Kampong Keling) is another "conspiracy". Please read the
inscriptions on the side, ". they found a large stone marking a grave,
and therefore it must be Hang Tuah..". This grave was merely designed
to be a tourist destination. Note that there are no names engraved
anywhere. Just a big non-descript stone marking that a human body lies
underneath it. Lastly, why is A muslim buried in Kampong Keling?

keling meaning Indian?

The subsequent question is why is Hang Tuah removed from current
schoolhistory textbooks? One of two suggestions come to mind. He was
pure fiction (please read Hikayat Hang Tuah before flaming me again),
or as the Bugis Museum Curator in Johor will insist, that Hang Tuah
was Chinese. So were the rest of his "blood brothers". They were all
Chinese; and related to Hang Li Poh.

Let me pose a simple question to you, Why is it, that when you visit
Malacca to see the great historical Malaysian City/ State, you see the
Portugese "A-Famosa" gateway, or the Red Dutch buildings like
Christchurch, or even St. Paul's Church on St. Paul's Hill? Where is
the evidence of "The Great Malaccan Empire"?

Let me help you with that answer. Published by Dewan Bahasa Dan
Pustaka in a publication called "Melayu Journal" in 2005. ".. we had
to look for an icon by which the Malays would be proud of.." Since
Majapahit, Acheh, Lembah Bujang (Langkasuka) were either Hindu, on
Indonesian soil, or both, Malacca was the only location left. The
great Parameswara is, by the way buried on Fort Canning Hill downtown
Singapore , for those of you who want to visit it. They call it the
"Keramat" immediately behind the National Musuem of Singapore.

Please enlighten me by showing me ONE single piece of evidence of "The
Great Malaccan Empire". Even Dewan Bahasa couldn't. Perhaps any one of
you could. Evidence, and not mere gut-feeling please