Culture
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5.4KIn 1500s Malaya, Peranakan wives got bored in the kitchen… and invented laksa
(Artikel asal ditulis dalam BM oleh rakan kami di SOSCILI. Sila klik sini untuk baca!) We as Malaysians like to consider ourselves as...
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4.2KMalaysia has 756 children in immigration detention centers. Here’s why that’s a problem.
When you talk about children, you may think about these kiddos… And rarely would you think about them behind bars like the...
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3.5KThe Mat Salleh who loved nasi lemak so much, he introduced it to the West
It could be said that there are three things that are certain in life: death, taxes, and Malaysians telling the whole world...
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3.2KThese 11 foods from Sarawak made it into an international list of… endangered foods?
Here’s a quick question. What do palm sugar, nipah salt, and bario rice have in common? Well, obviously they’re food ingredients, but...
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1.1KMalaysia just hosted Asia’s largest and most PUNCTUAL debate during the pandemic. How?
When we mention the word online classes or meetings, we can probably hear you sighing because of the endless hellos everyone is...
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1.1KWho could have predicted Covid-19? The deities of this Malaccan festival did… in 2017.
Ask just about anyone what their impression of Malaysia is, and they’ll probably tell you that it’s a country that’s rich in cultures from...
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8.4K4 forgotten Malaysian ghosts horror movies should start using, instead of the pontianak
If you’ve watched a number of Malaysian horror movies, you’re probably familiar with the pontianak. Often depicted as a disheveled woman with...
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1.3K6 Malaysian creepypasta stories shared by Cilisos readers – Don’t read at night!
It’s Halloween weekend! Which means spooky outfits, skeleton decorations and scary movies and stories all around. Now, speaking of scary stories, about...
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437Murder on the KL Express: the train traveller who went on a killing spree in Malaya
Anyone who’s read Agatha Christie’s famous detective novel ‘Murder On The Orient Express’ will have no doubt been enthralled by the page-turning...
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2.8KThis Malaysian takes in horses that are no longer wanted, and he… “fixes” them.
Even if you don’t spend a lot of time around horses, you’re probably familiar with what happens to race horses that get...