* Taming Sari ( a famous Malay kris )

A selection of kris knives ; Gardner took a great interest in such items, even authoring the definitive text on the subject, Keris and Other Malay Weapons ( 1936 ).

His main research interest lay in the Malay kris blade, which he unusually chose to spell " keris "; he eventually collected 400 examples and talked to natives about their magico-religious uses.

In Southeast Asian countries where Muslim Malay peoples live, such as Malaysia, Indonesia and the Philippines, ivory was the material of choice for making the handles of kris daggers.

* Hoko yari An old form of yari possibly from the Nara period ( 710-794 ), a guard's spear with six-foot pole and eight inch blade either leaf-shape or waved ( like the Malay kris ) ; a sickle-shaped horn projected on one or both sides at the joint of blade.

The first flag had 11 white stars with two Malay kris ( daggers ) in the middle against a blue backdrop.

In the middle of the shield is a red kris, a traditional Malay dagger.

Taming Sari (" flower shield ") is one of the most well-known kris in Malay literature, said to be so skilfully crafted that anyone wielding it was unbeatable.

Hishammuddin Hussein's infamous waving of the kris as a symbol of Ketuanan Melayu | Malay supremacy at the 2005 United Malays National Organisation Annual General Meeting

However, in other parts of archipelago, from Sumatra to the Malay Peninsula and to Sulawesi, the kris is worn on the front or left side on the hip.

Since the independence of Malaysia, the kris has become something of a symbol of Malay nationalism.

* Other weapons, such as a dagger ( as in Arabian and Indian traditions ), a spear, or a royal kris ( in Malay traditions )

The Keris Taming Sari is a very famous kris in Malay culture.

The model is actually named after a Malay traditional weapon, kris, though some motorcycle shops in the United Kingdom

Hishammuddin's act of waving the kris | keris ( traditional Malay dagger ) at the UMNO Annual General Meeting in 2005 drew applause from the UMNO delegates.

Although Afrikaans adopted words from languages such as Malay, Portuguese, the Bantu languages, and the Khoisan languages, an estimated 90 to 95 percent of Afrikaans vocabulary is ultimately of Dutch origin.

Running amok, sometimes referred to as simply amok ( also spelled amuk, from the Malay meaning " mad with uncontrollable rage ") is a term for a killing spree perpetrated by an individual out of rage or resentment over perceived mistreatment.

Some observers have related this explanation to Islam's ban on suicide, which, it is suggested, drove Malay men to create circumstances in which others would kill them.

The word " agar " comes from agar-agar, the Malay name for red algae ( Gigartina, Gracilaria ) from which the jelly is produced.

The population of the Banda Islands prior to Dutch conquest is generally estimated to have been around 13, 000-15, 000 people, some of whom were Malay and Javanese traders, as well as Chinese and Arabs.

Bandanese Malay is famous in the region for its unique, lilting accent, but it also has a number of locally identifying words in its lexicon, many of them borrowings or loanwords from Dutch.

Khmer is a member of the Austro-Asiatic language family, the most archaic family in an area that stretches from the Malay Peninsula through Southeast Asia to East India.

Four of the characters in " Think Blue, Count Two " are called " Thirteen " in different languages: Tiga-belas ( both in Indonesian and Malay ), Trece ( Spanish ), Talatashar ( based on an Arabic dialect form < big > ثلاث عشر </ big >, thalāth ʿashar ) and Sh ' san ( based on Mandarin 十三, shísān, where the " í " is never pronounced ).

Mipps escaped in the confusion of Syn's death and disappeared from England, but it is said that a little man very much like him is living out his days in a Buddhist Monastery somewhere in the Malay Peninsula, delighting the monks with recounting the adventures of Doctor Syn and the eerie stories of the Romney Marsh and the mysterious Scarecrow and his night riders.

Note that purnima or pornima is Sanskrit for full moon, which has also become the Malay word for full moon purnama.

The New Latin gekko and English gecko stem from the Malay gēkoq, which is imitative of the sound the animals make.

Among the earliest kingdoms known to have been based in what is now Malaysia is the ancient empire of Langkasuka, located in the northern Malay Peninsula and based somewhere in Kedah.

This latter figure was deceptive because many businesses that appeared to be Malay-owned were still indirectly controlled by Chinese, but there is no doubt that the Malay share of the economy considerably increased.

Malaysia has had regular elections since 1974, and although campaigning is reasonably free at election time, it is in effect a one-party state, with the UMNO-controlled National Front usually winning nearly all the seats, while the DAP wins some Chinese urban seats and the PAS some rural Malay ones.

Since independence, Indonesian ( a form of Malay and official national language ) is the language of most written communication, education, government, and business.

Kajang's population of 342, 657 is 60. 4 % Malay, 19. 3 % Chinese, 9. 7 % Indians, and 10. 6 % other ethnic groups.

In Malaysia, Labour Day or in Malay " Hari Buruh " is on the 1st day of May every year.

Legal scholars have suggested that the political " equation for religious and racial harmony " is rather fragile, and that this " fragility stems largely from the identification of religion with race coupled with the political primacy of the Malay people colliding with the aspiration of other races for complete equality.

For it is a demand which pierces the very heart of the political system — a system based upon Malay political pre-eminence.

It is a demand that challenges the very source of Malay ruling elites ' power and authority.

Malaysia is a constitutional elective monarchy, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong is selected for a five-year terms from among the nine Sultans of the Malay states.

The Orang Asli and Malay ( see Malaysian names ) naming system has a living name and a spirit name, which is given during the ritual of burial.

On 17 Nov 2010, a Eid al-Adha ritual, organised by the Inter-racial and religious confidence circle of Kampong Ubi Kembangan and Geylang Serai, was held at the Malay Village.

UMNO is generally regarded as the " protector and champion of ketuanan Melayu " ( Malay supremacy ), which states that Malays are the rulers of Malaysia or " masters of this land ", as stated by former UMNO Youth Information Chief Azimi Daim in 2003.

Due to the requirement to have family roots in the Federation or Singapore, a person of Malay extract who has migrated to Malaysia after Merdeka day from another country ( with the exception of Singapore ), and their descendants, will not be regarded as a Malay under the Constitution as such a person and their descendants would not normally fall under or be descended from the Merdeka Day Population.

It is still regarded by some as a symbol of ketuanan Melayu, the doctrine of Malay as the dominant race at their homeland, and has been incorporated into the Sang Saka Bangsa, the official flag of the United Malays National Organisation.

He can also be regarded as the first Malay anarchist following his rebellion against the Sultan.

However, much can be observed by the ways and habits of the natives of Malaysia which include 18 tribes of Orang Asli ( Malay for Natural People ) and the Malays, who are often regarded as the 19th tribe.

Coloureds with Javanese or other Indonesian ancestry may often be regarded as Cape Malay and are primarily Muslims, while the majority of Coloureds are Christian ( generally Protestant ) or agnostic.

Munshi Abdullah ( Abdullah bin Abdul Kadir ), who lived from 1797 – 1854, is regarded as the father of Malay literature.