representing place 1b

Daily Cultural Practices of

Cultural Heritage

among the locals in

Petaling Street, Kuala Lumpur.

Tutor: Mr Hafiz Amirrol

CHONG YI QI 0304898 // JAMES TAY JIA CHUEN 0322210 // JANICE LEE JUEN YUNG 0318695 // KONG XHIANG LYNN 0317730 // LEONG YU SHI 0322586 // MUATASIMAH BILLAH BINTI SALEH MOHAMAD 0316071 // NG KE NING 0323015

OBJEC-T IVES

• to study the depth of understanding of their own culture in younger generation

• to study the depth of cultural intermingling in various ethnics

• how the changes in cultural routine has affected their cultural practice

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S I G N I F I -

C A N C E • the degree of

understanding of younger

generations towards their

own culture

• how Malaysians adapt to

the changes towards the

decay of their culture and

traditions

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• the spirit of Malaysians

when they celebrate different ethnics’ festivals together and how they embrace different races’ food.

• how Malaysians daily routine has affected their cultural practicesas well as to determine whether they still hold onto their superstitious beliefs

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METHODS

Petaling Street, also known as the Chinatown, is chosen as the site of our research on the daily practices of cultural heritage among the locals

01

Different races such as Chinese,

Indian and Malays of

different age group are

targeted for the research

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Questionnaires are used as our main instrument in carrying out this research.

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The answered questionnaires will then be recorded

and analyzed

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Multiple graphs will then be produced based on the information gathered from the questionnaires.

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• Most of the people fromPetaling Street are still passing on their cultural heritage to their children.

E X P E C T E D

O U T C O M E

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• Due to the multicultural society, many respect and understand the culture of other races.

• One’s cultural heritage is passed on regardless of the sex, age and race of an individual.

• Many embrace and even practice other race’s culture such as food, clothing and festival.

• Many realize the importance of their cultureand why it should be passed onto the future generations.

• Most of the people still eat, wear, celebrate and practices their own culture’s superstition, festival, costumes, and food.

Petaling Street has existed ever since late 19th century. It was one of the popular places that we will visit during festivals. Shop lots and stalls existed more than 50 years ago with rich historical events. It has been Kuala Lumpur’s original Chinatown and known for being a shopping area since late 19th century. Over the decades the street is a huge market selling many types of merchandise and a food hunting paradise.

This outdoor food market has been redeveloped into a pedestrian-only zone and is easily access by pedestrians and MRT. However, going by vehicle and bus are not advisable as it will cause traffic congestion.

On the other side, the heritage shop houses are not well conserved and left to be abandoned. The number of pre-war shop houses are greatly reducing, sign of deterioration by lacking of maintenance and replacement of modern high rise. Moreover, the cleanliness and poor maintenance issue of the street has become an issue that are reducing the amount of tourist in Petaling Street.

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R E S E A R C HB A C K G R O U N D

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M E A S U R I N G

A D A P T A T I O N

O F

C U L T U R A L

H E R I T A G E

• Amount of people who speak their mother tongue per square meter

• Amount of people able to understand their own language per square meter

• Amount of people able to read their own language per square meter

• Amount of people able to write their own language per square meter

0 1L A N G U A G E A D A P T A T I O N

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• Number of people from the same race who acknowledges the existence of their own cultural food per square meter

• Number of people from different races who acknowledges the existence of other races’ cultural food per square meter

• Number of people who eat different races’ cultural food per square meter

0 2I N F L U E N C E O FF O O D F R O M D I F F E R E N T C U L T U R E S

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• Amount of people celebrates their own cultural festival per square meter

• Amount of people celebrates their own and other races’ cultural festival per square meter

• Amount of people still wearing their traditional clothing during cultural festival and daily routines per square meter

• Amount of people who practices their cultural superstition per square meter

0 3C U L T U R EA N DT R A D I T I O NP R A C T I C E

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J O U R N E Y

O F

T H E S I T E

• A place for tourist, a starting point of every journey.

• A Chinese influenced street.

• Most of the human density are foreigners (tourist and workers)

01PETALING STREET

• One of the famous food hunt.

• One will need to line up during peak hours

02BUNN CHOON EGG TART

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• A morning crowd will be here due to price of the goods.

• Nearest wet market in the area

03CHINESE WET MARKET

• Roadside shop can be found near the temples

• The target audience are the locals who stop by to

pray

04ROADSIDE RETAIL

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• Besides shopping for cheap goods, food is another attraction point which attracts the tourist

• Food stalls are selling all the food which can be found all around Malaysia

05FOOD STALLS

• Prayers do stop by and ask for blessings from the

God

• Tourist will also stop by to admire the traditional

architecture

06GUAN DI TEMPLE

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• Prayers will stop by and ask for blessings at any time of the day

• Flowers are sold by the stalls next to the temple

• It is a form of respect to the God by bringing them flowers

07SRI MAHAMAMARIAMMAN TEMPLE

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B U D D I S T S H R I N E

F L O W E R S T A L L

W E T M A R K E T

N O D E S

ESSENCE

OF THE

SITE

BILLAH

CREATE A

SENSE OF

LIVELY

BILLAH

REFLECT A

STRONG SENSE

OF

COMMUNITY

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THE VARIETY

OF STALLS

CREATE

DIVERSITY

TO THE SITE

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The presence of the different types of activities redirects the different

types of community to the site – resulting in a dynamic community.

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DIALOGOF

INTERVIEW

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01PN. KALTHOM

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- Pn. Kalthom, 31 when questioned if she understand her ethnic

language.

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- Pn. Kalthom, 31 when asked about how well she know her ethnic food.

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- Pn. Kalthom, 31 when questioned if she would continue practicing her

culture.

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02EN. YUSOB

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- En. Yusob, 46 when questioned about cultural superstition practices.

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- En. Yusob, 46 when asked if he would introduce any ethnic food to tourists and foreigners.

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03MR.KALAI

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-Mr Kalai, 28 when questioned if he celebrate other races’

cultural festival..

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- Mr Kalai, 28 when asked if he wear other races’ traditional

clothings.

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04PN. NESHA

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- Pn Nesha, 50 when asked if she wear other race’s traditional clothings.

05MR.NAO

CHIEW

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- Mr Nao Chiew, 30 when questioned if he wear traditional clothings of other races.

06MR. BOON FAI

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- Mr Boon Fai, 35 when asked if he wear his culture’s traditional clothing.

S U R V E Y

A N A L Y S I S

Data collected from theQuestionnaires

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20%OF THEM WEAR TRADITIONAL ETHNIC CLOTHINGS FROM OTHER RACES

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20%OF THEM WEAR TRADITIONAL ETHNIC CLOTHINGS FROM OTHER RACES

THEY CAN ALLREAD, WRITE AND SPEAK THEIR ETHNIC LANGUAGE

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20%OF THEM WEAR TRADITIONAL ETHNIC CLOTHINGS FROM OTHER RACES

THEY CAN ALLREAD, WRITE AND SPEAK THEIR ETHNIC LANGUAGE

10%OF THEM CELEBRATE ETHNIC FESTIVALS OF OTHER RACES

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C O L L A G E

O F

P E T A L I N G

S T R E E T

H I S T O R Y T I M E L I N E1857

KL emerged as a supply depot for tin miners.

1868Yap Ah Loy turned KL into a commercial and mining centre.

1882Wooden houses replaced with brick and plaster to prevent fire.

1900s Population increases due to the growth of the rubber industry.

1926The Great Flood leads to the straighten the process of Klang River.

1974KL was declared as a Federal Territory.

2012 Protest against the MRT construction to preserve the old shophouses.

2003Chinese arches were added at the main entrances of Jalan Petaling.

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L O C A L

G L O B A L

Wet Market

MahamariammanTempleGuandi Temple Petaling Street

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CONCLUS ION

After visiting the site and interviewing the localist of Petaling Street, about 80% of the localistwould want to pass on their culture and superstitions to their children.

Based on the primary understanding of the site and the questionnaires produced, Petaling Street’s localist realize the importance and reasons of their culture to be passed on to future generations.

Almost 90% of localist in Petaling Street eat, wear, celebrate and practices their own culture’s superstition, festival, costumes, and food.

Futhermore, all localist respect and understand the cultures of other races which will symbolize the cultural intermingling between contrasting cultures.

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