February 2025 – The Secret of the Moon
February 2025 – Secrets of the Moon The Secret of the Moon A concise historical overview into aspects of the sacred month of Ramadan. Our Guest Speaker on February 18th was Ms Emna Esseghir from Tunisia. Emna is a Malaysian Cultural Group member who lectures at both the Museum Negara and Islamic Arts Museum, Kuala […]
February 2025 – Thaipusam
February 2025 – Thaipusam The MCG guided tour of Batu Caves on February 10th with Sean Liew took place one day before Thaipusam, the day when the star Pusam is at its highest point during the full moon of the Hindu month of Thai. During Thai, devotees make vows and fulfilling pledges to Lord Murugan, […]
January 2025 – Traditions and Preparations of Chinese New Year
January 2025 – Lunar New Year Traditions Talk The guest speaker was Ms. Janet Tee Siew Mooi, former Director of the Museum Negara, Deputy Director of the Natural Museum in Putrajaya. Appointed as a Consultant to the Cultural & Heritage organisations after her retirement. Topics were focused on the following; 1. Chinese Immigration to Malaya […]
December 2024 – John Ang’s Limar Exhibition
December 2024 – John Ang’s Limar Exhibition
November 2024 – UR-MU Toffee
November 2024 – UR-MU Toffee On 27th of November, the MCG visited the Urban Museum in the Toffee building, the second of three museums opened in Kuala Lumpur by Dr Tan Loke Mun, a renowned architect and contemporary art collector. While his first Urban Museum in Bukit Bintang exclusively houses artworks from his own impressive […]
November 2024 – KLPAC Behind the Scenes Tour
November 2024 – KLPAC Behind the Scenes Tour BACKSTAGE BITES On November 13th, the MCG Events Committee organized a trip to the Kuala Lumpur Performing Arts Center (KLPAC) with 15 participants in attendance. The tour was led by Ian, who provided a detailed overview of KLPAC’s history and operations. The group discovered that the KLPAC […]
October 2024 – Contemporary Orang Asli Handicrafts, Culture and Heritage
October 2024 – Contemporary Orang Asli Handicrafts, Culture and Heritage Although the Orang Asli make up only approximately 1% of the Malaysian population of roughly 35,000,000, they are the oldest inhabitants of the peninsula, some ancestors having arrived 50 to 60 thousand years ago. So, the Orang Asli are Malaysia’s indigenous people who actually make […]
September 2024 – Islamic Arts Museum
September 2024 – Islamic Arts Museum Curator Tour On Wednesday, September 25th, the Malaysia Cultural Group enjoyed a curator-guided tour of the Islamic Museum of Malaysia. We started out with Izuan taking us up to the Architecture Gallery where he discussed the importance of the domes and the concept of honeycomb design and its association […]
Sep 2015 – Yusof Ghani, far more than a gallery tour! – Shah Alam
Though the TAPAK Gallery in Shah Alam is easy to find, none of us had been there before. A surprisingly light-filled and modern, almost futuristic building which forms the perfect background for not only the artworks of Yusof Ghani, one of the leading Malaysian artists in Abstract Expressionism, but also for the artworks of […]
Dec, 2023 – Understanding Multicultural Malaysia
“Understanding of Multicultural Malaysia”, a talk given by Dr Asma Abdullah at Badan Warisan Malaysia. Dr Abdullah was educated in Malaysia, Australia and the USA, so has a unique perspective from which to analyse cultural issues faced by expatriates moving to and living in Malaysia, as well as advising Malaysians prior to transferring overseas. Dr Abdullah’s talk […]