petaling street

1. Daily Cultural
Practices of
Cultural
Heritage
among the
locals in
Petaling Street,
Kuala Lumpur.
Tutor: Mr Hafiz Amirrol
CHONG YI QI 0304898 // JAMES TAY JIA CHUEN 0322210 //
JANICE LEE JUEN YUNG 0318695 // KONG XHIANG LYNN
0317730 // LEONG YU SHI 0322586 // MUATASIMAH BILLAH
BINTI SALEH MOHAMAD 0316071 // NG KE NING 0323015

2. OBJEC-
TIVES
• to study the depth of
understanding of their own
culture in younger
generation
• to study the depth of
cultural intermingling in
various ethnics
• how the changes in cultural
routine has affected their
cultural practice
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3. SIGNIFI -
CANCE • the degree of
understanding of younger
generations towards their
own culture
• how Malaysians adapt to
the changes towards the
decay of their culture and
traditions
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• the spirit of Malaysians
when they celebrate
different ethnics’
festivals together and
how they embrace
different races’ food.
• how Malaysians daily
routine has affected
their cultural practices
as well as to determine
whether they still hold
onto their superstitious
beliefs

4. JAMES TAY
METHODS
Petaling Street, also
known as the
Chinatown, is
chosen as the site
of our research on
the daily practices
of cultural heritage
among the locals
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Different races
such as Chinese,
Indian and
Malays of
different age
group are
targeted for the
research
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Questionnaires are
used as our main
instrument in
carrying out this
research.
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The answered
questionnaires will
then be recorded
and analyzed
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Multiple graphs will
then be produced
based on the
information
gathered from the
questionnaires.
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6. • Most of the people
fromPetaling Street are still
passing on their cultural
heritage to their children.
EXPECTED
OUTCOME
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• Due to the multicultural
society, many respect and
understand the culture of
other races.
• One’s cultural heritage is
passed on regardless of
the sex, age and race of
an individual.
• Many embrace and even
practice other race’s
culture such as food,
clothing and festival.
• Many realize the
importance of their culture
and why it should be
passed onto the future
generations.
• Most of the people still eat,
wear, celebrate and
practices their own
culture’s superstition,
festival, costumes, and
food.

7. Petaling Street has existed ever since late 19th century. It was one of the popular places
that we will visit during festivals. Shop lots and stalls existed more than 50 years ago with rich historical
events. It has been Kuala Lumpur’s original Chinatown and known for being a shopping area since
late 19th century. Over the decades the street is a huge market selling many types of merchandise
and a food hunting paradise.
This outdoor food market has been redeveloped into a pedestrian-only zone and is easily
access by pedestrians and MRT. However, going by vehicle and bus are not advisable as it will
cause traffic congestion.
On the other side, the heritage shop houses are not well conserved and left to be
abandoned. The number of pre-war shop houses are greatly reducing, sign of deterioration by
lacking of maintenance and replacement of modern high rise. Moreover, the cleanliness and poor
maintenance issue of the street has become an issue that are reducing the amount of tourist in
Petaling Street.
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RESEARCH
BACKGROUND

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M EASURING
ADAPTATION
O F
CULTURAL
HERITAGE

9. • Amount of people who speak
their mother tongue per square
meter
• Amount of people able to
understand their own language
per square meter
• Amount of people able to read
their own language per square
meter
• Amount of people able to write
their own language per square
meter
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L A N G U A G E
A D A P T A T I O N
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10. • Number of people from the same
race who acknowledges the
existence of their own cultural
food per square meter
• Number of people from different
races who acknowledges the
existence of other races’ cultural
food per square meter
• Number of people who eat
different races’ cultural food per
square meter
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I N F L U E N C E O F
F O O D F R O M
D I F F E R E N T
C U L T U R E S
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11. • Amount of people celebrates
their own cultural festival per
square meter
• Amount of people celebrates
their own and other races’
cultural festival per square meter
• Amount of people still wearing
their traditional clothing during
cultural festival and daily routines
per square meter
• Amount of people who practices
their cultural superstition per
square meter
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C U L T U R E
A N D
T R A D I T I O N
P R A C T I C E
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12. LEONG YU SHI
JOURNEY
O F
THE SITE

13. • A place for tourist, a
starting point of every
journey.
• A Chinese influenced
street.
• Most of the human
density are foreigners
(tourist and workers)
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PETALING STREET
• One of the famous food
hunt.
• One will need to line up
during peak hours
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BUNN CHOON EGG TART
LEONG YU SHI

14. • A morning crowd will be
here due to price of the
goods.
• Nearest wet market in the
area
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CHINESE WET MARKET
• Roadside shop can be
found near the temples
• The target audience are
the locals who stop by to
pray
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ROADSIDE RETAIL
LEONG YU SHI

15. • Besides shopping for
cheap goods, food is
another attraction point
which attracts the tourist
• Food stalls are selling all
the food which can be
found all around Malaysia
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FOOD STALLS
• Prayers do stop by and
ask for blessings from the
God
• Tourist will also stop by to
admire the traditional
architecture
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GUAN DI TEMPLE
LEONG YU SHI

16. • Prayers will stop by and
ask for blessings at any
time of the day
• Flowers are sold by the
stalls next to the temple
• It is a form of respect to
the God by bringing them
flowers
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SRI
MAHAMAMARIAMMAN
TEMPLE
LEONG YU SHI

17. B U D D I S T
S H R I N E
F L O W E R
S T A L L
W E T
M A R K E T
N O D E S

18. ESSENCE
OF THE
SITE
BILLAH

19. CREATE A
SENSE OF
LIVELY
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20. REFLECT A
STRONG SENSE
OF
COMMUNITY
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21. THE VARIETY
OF STALLS
CREATE
DIVERSITY
TO THE SITE
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22. The presence of the different types of activities redirects the different
types of community to the site – resulting in a dynamic community.
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23. DIALOG
OF
INTERVIEW
CHONG YI QI & JANICECHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE

24. 01
PN. KALTHOM
CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE

25. - Pn. Kalthom, 31 when questioned
if she understand her ethnic
language.
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26. - Pn. Kalthom, 31 when asked about
how well she know her ethnic food.
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27. - Pn. Kalthom, 31 when questioned if
she would continue practicing her
culture.
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28. 02
EN. YUSOB
CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE

29. - En. Yusob, 46 when questioned
about cultural superstition practices.
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30. - En. Yusob, 46 when asked if he would
introduce any ethnic food to tourists
and foreigners.
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31. 03
MR.KALAI
CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE

32. -Mr Kalai, 28 when questioned if he
celebrate other races’
cultural festival..
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33. - Mr Kalai, 28 when asked if he
wear other races’ traditional
clothings.
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34. 04
PN. NESHA
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35. CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE
- Pn Nesha, 50 when asked if she
wear other race’s traditional
clothings.

36. 05
MR.NAO
CHIEW
CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE

37. CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE
- Mr Nao Chiew, 30 when questioned if he
wear traditional clothings of other races.

38. 06
MR. BOON FAI
CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE

39. CHONG YI QI // JANICE LEE
- Mr Boon Fai, 35 when asked if he
wear his culture’s traditional
clothing.

40. SURVEY
ANALYSIS
Data collected
from the
Questionnaires
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M E T H O D S
O F
S U R V E Y
A N A L Y S I S

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45. 20%
OF THEM WEAR
TRADITIONAL ETHNIC
CLOTHINGS FROM OTHER
RACES
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46. 20%
OF THEM WEAR
TRADITIONAL ETHNIC
CLOTHINGS FROM OTHER
RACES
THEY CAN ALL
READ, WRITE AND SPEAK
THEIR ETHNIC LANGUAGE
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47. 20%
OF THEM WEAR
TRADITIONAL ETHNIC
CLOTHINGS FROM OTHER
RACES
THEY CAN ALL
READ, WRITE AND SPEAK
THEIR ETHNIC LANGUAGE
10%
OF THEM CELEBRATE
ETHNIC FESTIVALS OF
OTHER RACES
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48. NG KE NING
C O L L A G E
O F
P E T A L I N G
S T R E E T

49. H I S T O R Y T I M E L I N E
1857
KL emerged as a
supply depot for tin
miners.
1868
Yap Ah Loy turned KL
into a commercial and
mining centre.
1882
Wooden houses
replaced with brick and
plaster to prevent fire.
1900s
Population increases
due to the growth of
the rubber industry.
1926
The Great Flood leads to the
straighten the process of
Klang River.
1974
KL was declared as a
Federal Territory.
2012
Protest against the MRT
construction to preserve
the old shophouses.
2003
Chinese arches were added
at the main entrances of
Jalan Petaling.
NG KE NING

50. L O C A L
G L O B A L
Wet Market
Mahamariamman
TempleGuandi Temple Petaling Street
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51. CONCLUSION
After visiting the site and interviewing the
localist of Petaling Street, about 80% of the localist
would want to pass on their culture and superstitions
to their children.
Based on the primary understanding of the
site and the questionnaires produced, Petaling Street’s
localist realize the importance and reasons of their
culture to be passed on to future generations.
Almost 90% of localist in Petaling Street eat,
wear, celebrate and practices their own culture’s
superstition, festival, costumes, and food.
Futhermore, all localist respect and
understand the cultures of other races which will
symbolize the cultural intermingling between
contrasting cultures.
JANICE LEE