MULTICULTURALISM IN A CHINESE TEMPLE IN MALAYSIA

 When we lived in Melaka in the 1970s most of our neighbours were Hokkien Chinese. There were a few Hindu Temples in Melaka and when the Hindu people celebrated their festivals there would always be Hokkien Chinese praying alongside them in the Hindu temple. For Thaipusam dozens of Hokkien Chinese would come out and pray to the Hindu deity that was pulled on its chariot.  Here is an interesting video. Someone suggested the identity of that young fellow who is giving the blessing in this Chinese temple. I will not mention the identity - to avoid controversy. Not everyone believes in "multiculturalism".

 

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