THE SIMILARITY BETWEEN INDONESIA AND MALAYSIA

When viewed closely, Indonesia and Malaysia, which are usually called as the allied countries, have a lot of similarities particularly in tribes and face type-body posture. Based on the history, there was a kingdom in which some parts of Indonesia and Malaysia are one, and called as the Nusantara, because of that Indonesian and Malaysia have the same tribes.  Although Indonesia and Malaysia are different state, but both of these countries have the same culture, such as dance, like Tor- Tor dance originating from Sumatra (an island in Indonesia). The other example of the similarity between these countries is the language. Basically, Melayu Malaysia language is based on the Riau (part of Indonesia) Malay dialects. Despite having the same basic language, there are several different vocabularies, for example we can say “well” with “elok” in Malaysia and with the same word in Indonesia “elok” means beautiful, the same word with not too different meaning. We can say “money” with “uang” in Indonesia and “wang” in Malaysia, the same meaning and pronunciation but different word. Due to the similar culture, many rumours said that Malaysia steal Indonesian culture, however, the facts above can answer this gossip. Another similarity is face type-body posture, different from European who has white skin, big body and blonde hair, or Africans who has black skin and big body posture, Malaysian and Indonesian who derived from homo wajakensis race has characteristic like brown skin, small body size, small nose, brown eyes and black hair. Therefore, many similarities between Indonesia and Malaysia, these two countries are the same in terms of race, language, culture, and even body posture-face type. So, after see and realize all of those facts about similarity between Indonesia and Malaysia we should be a positive thinker in response to every bad issue about Malaysia and Indonesia. See the fact before give judgment about something, do not let our negative thinking without see any fact used by people who are not responsible and damage the relation between the two countries.

References:

Manusia purba Indonesia, [n.d]. Retrieved January 2013, from

http://indonesiaindonesia.com/f/89905-manusia-purba-indonesia/

Warisan dunia angklung dan batik didaftarkan ke UNESCO, [n.d]. Retrieved January 2013, from

http://news.detik.com/read/2007/08/06/172925/813904/10/warisan-dunia-angklung-dan-batik-didaftarkan-ke-unesco