Cocos Malays are a community that form the predominant group of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, which is now part of Australia. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Despite that they all have assimilated into the ethnic Malay culture, they are named in reference to the Malay race, coming from places such as Bali, Bima, Celebes, Madura, Sumbawa, Timor, Sumatra, Pasir-Kutai, Malacca, Penang, Batavia and Cirebon. Malays (Melayu are an Ethnic group of Austronesian peoples predominantly inhabiting the Malay Peninsula, the east coast of Sumatra, the coast The concept of a Malay race ( Bangsa Melayu) was proposed by the German scientist Johann Friedrich Blumenbach (1752-1840 Bali is an Indonesian Island located at, the westernmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to Bima is a city on the eastern coast of the island Sumbawa in central Indonesia 's province West Nusa Tenggara. Sulawesi (formerly known as Celebes, ˈsɛlɛbiz is one of the four larger Sunda Islands of Indonesia and is situated between Borneo and the Madura is an Indonesian island off the northeastern coast of Java. Sumbawa is an Indonesian Island, located in the middle of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain with Lombok to the west Flores to the east Timor is an Island at the south end of the Malay Archipelago, north of the Timor Sea. Sumatra (also spelled Sumatera) is the sixth largest island in the world (approximately 470000 km² and is the largest island entirely in Indonesia (two Penang (pəˈnæŋ Malay: Pulau Pinang) is a state in Malaysia, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia Jakarta (also DKI Jakarta) is the Capital and largest city of Indonesia. Cirebon (formerly referred to as Cheribon in English is a City on the north coast of the Indonesian island of Java. [1]
The first Malays are believed to have arrived and settled in the Islands in 1826 "when Alexander Hare, an English adventurer brought his Malay harem and slaves there. For the game see 1826 (board game. Year 1826 ( MDCCCXXVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English An adventurer or adventuress is a term that usually takes one of three meanings One whose travels are unusual and often exotic though not so unique as to qualify HAREM is the first evaluation contest of Named entity recognition (NER for Portuguese and its call for participation was announced in September 2004 Slavery is a social-economic system under which certain persons — known as slaves — are deprived of personal freedom and compelled to perform labour or services " [2] In 1827 John Clunies-Ross changed the lives of the Malay slaves when he settled the Islands with his family. Year 1827 ( MDCCCXXVII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian Calendar (or a Common King of the Cocos Islands was a title given by the press to John Clunies-Ross, a Scottish sea captain The existing Malays and large number of newly arrived Malay immigrants that Clunies-Ross brought with him were employed to assist with the harvesting of coconuts for copra. In Agriculture, the harvest is the process of Gathering mature crops from the fields Reaping is the cutting of Grain The Coconut Palm ( Cocos nucifera) is a member of the Family Arecaceae (palm family Copra is the dried meat or kernel of the Coconut. The name copra is derived from the Malayalam word kopra for dried coconut [2] In September 1978, the Clunies-Ross family sold Cocos Islands to the Australian government. Since then, the Chief of State has been Queen Elizabeth II, represented by the current Governor-General Administrator B. Head of state is the generic term for the individual or collective office that serves as the chief public representative of a Monarchic or Republican Nation-state For the ship see RMS Queen Elizabeth 2 Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Context States headed by Elizabeth II The term governor general or governor-general refers to a vice-regal representative of a Monarch in an independent realm or a major colonial circonscription Cunningham. The Chairman of the Islands is Council Haji Wahin bin Bynie.
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Religion
Most Cocos Malays follow the Sunni branch of Islam. Sunni Islam is the largest denomination of Islam. Sunni Islam is also referred to as Ahl as-Sunnah wa’l-Jamā‘h (Arabic For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. [1]
Dress code
The Cocos Malays have their own dress code - Baju Kurung for the women and Baju Melayu for the men. Baju Melayu is a traditional Malay outfit for men It literally translates as 'Malay shirt' and consists of two main parts Baju Kurung consists of a loose tunic (in which it refers to a long collarless shirt with a short neckline that is pinned together with a brooch) and is worn over a skirt or sarong. A sarong or sarung (ˈsaɾoŋ in Malay, and səˈrɒŋ in English) is a large sheet of fabric, often wrapped around the waist and worn as Baju Melayu is a loose shirt (either with a collar with three or more buttons or collarless with a neckline) worn over. . .
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