Geography
My
country is Malaysia. It is in the south east part of Asia. it has
three bordering countries. They are Brunei, Indonesia and East Malaysia.
Malaysia is mostly land with 328, 550 square kilometers of land and only 1,
200 square kilometers of water. in total Malaysia ones is 329, 750 square
kilometers.
The population of Malaysia is
21.7 million people in total. In Malaysia about 45 percent of Malaysia lives
in the urban part of the country and 55 percent lives in the suburbs.
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Climate
Malaysia is a warm country
about seven degrees north of the equator. The tropical climate is hot and
humid. The temperatures range from 70 degrees to 90 degrees Fahrenheit. That
is 21 to 32 degrees Celsius. The natural hazards are flooding, and land
slides.
Economy
In Malaysia
their money is called ringgit. It is equal to a dollar in
America.
In
Malaysia if you want to stay in a comfortable hotel It
would cost you sixty five ringgit.
Some natural
resources are timber, copper and gas.
Holidays and Festivals
In Malaysia there are a lot of
holidays to celebrate. there are Christmas, new years day, Chinese New Year,
Flora festival and the moon cake festival. On Chinese New Year they hand out
reds envelopes with money in them and stay up late for a party and the
countdown to the new year. On the moon cake festival they have moon
cakes which are mini cakes that used to carry secret messages during war
times.
Language
In Malaysia they
speak a lot of different languages. On peninsula Malaysia they speak
Malay English, Chinese, and Tamil sabah Sarawak. A person greets
another person by saying ni hao (hello).
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Cultural Arts
There are a
lot of artistes in Malaysians area, but I think the most
well known is Alphonso Arul Doss.The dances in this country
are ronggeng, joget, kenyah dance, barongan, kuda kepeng,
zapin, candle dance, and wayang kulit
Food
Malaysian
food is spicier than Chinese food. Some people are farmers and
some buy food from a store or market or village. They use
their advantage of being an island and fish. A staple food is
a food that is eaten in almost every meal. Malaysia's staple
food is rice. Malaysians eat rice at least once a day.
Click
here for a delicious recipe from Malaysia.
Sports and Recreation
For entertainment
and recreation people play sports. The popular sports games are
silat and speak takraw. Silat is the Malaysian art of self-defense
which is preformed in a stylized way. Speak takraw is one of
Malaysia's most popular sports. players keep a small rattan ball in
the air using their feet, legs, shoulders and heads, anything
but your hands.
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Culture Walls 
Author:
Andrew