The Festivals In Malaysia

Proud to be Malaysian...

Citrawarna

Citrawarna 1Malaysia, also known as the Colours of 1Malaysia returns for another year of showcasing the best of what Malaysia has to offer. Founded in 1999 to reflect the rich cultures that Malaysia represents, the event has since spread awareness of Malaysia’s artistic, geological and cultural gems to many parts of the world.

Held every year at Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur, the 2011 occurred on 21 May and is estimated to have attracted over 100,000 people, both local and foreign, as well as reaching over 25 million viewers through television, broadcasted internationally to a great number of countries such as China, Vietnam and Macau, to name a few.

Malaysia where is a bubbling, bustling melting pot of races and religions that Malays, Indians, Chinese and many other ethnic groups live together in peace and harmony. Multiculturalism didn’t only made Malaysia a gastronomically paradise, it has also made Malaysia home to hundreds of colourful festivals. No wonder we, Malaysians love celebrating and socialising. Malaysians are very warm and friendly.

I think that Malaysians are the one who make the country colourful and these people are so called colour of Malaysia. Those God’s works which colouring and beautified our country are unable to finish here. I would like to brief about traditional clothes of different races in Malaysia because I think it was the colours where can find on “Colour of Malaysia”.

Malay

Before the 20th century, Malay women wore Kemban, just sarongs tied above the chest in public. As Islam became more widely embraced, they started wearing the more modest yet elegant – ‘Baju Kurung’. The ‘Baju Kurung’ is a knee-length loose-fitting blouse that is usually worn over a long skirt with pleats at the side. Typically, these traditional outfits are completed with a ‘Tudung’ (headscarf).The traditional attire for Malay men is ‘Baju Melayu’. The ‘Baju Melayu’ is a loose tunic worn over trousers. It is usually complemented with a ‘Sampin’ - a short sarong wrapped around the hips. These traditional outfits carry through with a ‘Songkok’ (Skull cap).

Chinese

Comfortable and elegant, the traditional cheongsam or 'long dress' is also a popular contemporary fashion choice for ladies. Usually, it has a high collar, buttons or frog closures near the shoulder, a snug fit at the waist and slits on either one or both sides. It is often made of shimmering silk, embroidered satin or other sensual fabrics.

Indian

The saree is the world-renowned traditional Indian garment. A length of cloth usually 5-6 yards in width, the saree is worn with a petticoat of similar shade and a matching or contrasting ‘choli’ or blouse. Typically, it is wrapped around the body such that the ‘pallau’ (its extensively embroidered or printed end) is draped over the left shoulder. The petticoat is worn just above or below the bellybutton and functions as a support garment to hold the saree. Popular with northern Indian ladies is Salwar kameez or Punjabi suit; a long tunic worn over trousers with a matching shawl. The Kurta is the traditional attire for men on formal occasions. It is a long knee-length shirt that is typically made from cotton or linen cloth.

Baba Nyonya

Chinese immigrants who married Malay partners wore the elegant ‘Kebaya’ that can be described as traditional haute couture. Hand-made with great skill using sheer material, its intricate embroidery is equivalent to the best Venetian lacework. The piece de resistance is a delicate needlework technique called Tebuk Lubang (literally to punch holes). This involves sewing the outlines of a floral motif on the fabric and cutting away the insides. When done correctly, the end result is fine lace-like embroidery on the collar, lapels, cuffs, hem and the two triangular front panels, which drape over the hips, known as the Lapik.

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A virtual experience of contact with a time-traveler.

The case of John Titor constitutes an event that has captured the enthusiasm of time-traveling fans all over the world and it has also constituted a theme of discussion that even today keeps running strong.
It all started on November 2, 2000 when a certain John Titor intervenes in a Forum on the Internet (bbs.artbell.com), hailing himself to be a time-traveler. His post (username: "Timetravel_0") on the forum so laconically said: "Hello. I am a time-traveler from the year 2036.

John Titor's first intervention on Internet forum.

I am retuning home after having retrieved an IBM 5100 computer from 1975."
Suddenly his post is interpreted as being the works of a prankster. However, some people on the forum accept this sort of game and begin chatting with the newcomer. A well-motivated debate springs up on the Internet forum about Titor's identity, the future events of history, technology and physics.
These interventions go on for about four months and hundreds of web users are involved. In the spring of 2001 John Titor bids farewell to all saying that he will return to his epoch, in 2038.
Following these events, many are convinced that they were simply hoaxed, however an amazing number of people believe the story and they begin to assemble the pieces of Titor's interventions in the attempt of verifying the truthfulness of his affirmations.
From the numerous posts on the chat emerges the profile of this strange character and of his doings, which constitute the chronicles of the future and of science.
The events that arise are extremely suitable for the basis of a science-fiction novel. To sum things up, the events surrounding the John Titor incident is an interesting, yet rational and synthetic, corpus on what we know and hypothesize today about time-traveling.
This is the reason that this incident is held as a useful occasion of reflection and evaluation.

The mission of John Titor's journey.

The computer that Titor sought.

John Titor states that he is a time-traveler, apparently aligned with some military force, that has returned to the year 1975 in order to recuperate an IBM model 5100 computer to bring back to his period. According to what he says, this is the only model, amongst those produced in the 70'sthat supposedly possessed the capability of reciprocally reading and cross- processing UNIX, APL and BASIC.
The necessity of this time-travel recovery would so happen to be that in his period,2036, the UNIX system will have supposedly caught a bug that will render a large quantity of the computers based on IBM technology non operational and the problem could be resolved through the use of this computer model.

His personal background.

John Titor states to have been born in 1998 in Tampa, Florida USA.

(Note: This is the first controversy that appears about the truthfullness of his accounts due to the fact that investigations carried out by his supporters show of no family with that surname that lived in Tampa during that period)

. John Titor claims that his military carrier began in 2029 when he entered a formative program of the American army where he obtained the rank of Major. During 2033-2034 he earned a degree in history.
He stated that he entered a work program dedicated to time traveling. He also claimed to be one of a seven man military team of "chrononauts ".
His personal preparation only permitted him to travel into the past. This was only one of the first missions that he carried out since his participation in the program.

His visit in the year 2000.

After having achieved his mission in 1975, where he allegedly had the chance to encounter his grandfather, John Titor wished to visit the year 2000 in order to witness first hand the effects of the "Millennium Bug".
He takes the opportunity to visit his family that lived in this time period, where his parents are still alive and he was only a child. During his encounter with his parents he reveals his identity as a time-traveler, thus provoking a state of "relief and fear" in them.

Chronicles of the future.

The most frequent questions that his speakers would ask him were referred to gaining knowledge of the near future: who will win the championship this year? Which president would be elected during the next mandate? How would the stock exchange and the value of gold proceed?, etc.
John Titor is always elusive when faced with similar questions or he replies that he could not remember so many historical details saying that they did not hold the significance for him as the people living in this period, these occurrences belonged to his past so he was not able to recall the things he'd been asked.

Tampa F.L.A., Titor's birt place.

John Titor was however open to giving facts about the future, saying that they belonged to his life in his period and thus they were of knowledge to him.
According to his accounts, at the end of 2004, after the presidential elections, in 2005 there would be civil disorder in the USA due to the republican political orientation of the government of the Country.
There would be an increased control over state affairs, through the police force and other apparatus of public order and eventually suppressing some fundamental constitutional rights. (Note: this is occurring at the moment due to Pres. Bush's "Patriot Act" which in part limits the Americans constitutional rights, an enforcement that Titor could imagine in any way possible).
The effects would at first be felt mostly in the main cities from which many inhabitants, in order to escape the repression, would first flee to the suburbs and then into the countryside. John Titor's family would have been among the hordes of fleeing people.
Always according to John Titor, from 2006 to 2008 a sort of civil war between cities and countryside would ignite. The first faction would be protected by the American armed forces and by the police task, while the countryside party would benefit from the rural military task forces. Around the year 2011, John Titor would have supposedly become part of one of these groups ,with the rank of gunman, of rural forces known as the " Fighting Diamondbacks".
This military force would have been under the command of a farmer-general and in Titor's period there was a statue erected in the city where he lived.
In 2009 a new President will be elected but he will not be able to repair the entire damage inflicted within the USA. Tension in the Middle East will rise due to the political instability of the USA. Supported by the Western countries, Israel will respond through the use of arms of mass destruction such as nuclear warheads. In the Far East, China will seize the situation and will forcefully annex Korea, Taiwan and Japan.
On March 12,2015, finding itself before a vast European military force allied in Germany, Russia will give way to the Third World War. It will start bombarding the major cities of Europe, of Australia, of China and of the United States. Three million people will have perished in the conflict. The planet will face a "nuclear winter" that will not be of total catastrophic proportions and will thus permit humanity to continue its existence.
Following N-Day, the Nukes Day or Day of Nuclear Arms, a New Global Order will be born and it will present itself as a mixed form of the United States federal system, the European system and the Australian system.
Europe will be in full political chaos, Australia will manage t withstand and repel the Chinese invasion and it will isolate itself from the rest of the world, except for trade relations with the USA.
Canada will reveal itself as a strong and determinated opponent and will deal heavy damage to Russia.
The upheavals in the countryside of the United States will benefit from the destruction of the large cities. Civilization will continue in the means of a rural culture that will be sided by a limited technological development, mostly in the field of mechanics.
The entire Internet will be upgraded and quickened since it will be considered the main means of communication, study and entertainment.
The transportation system will rely mostly on the railways and it will be much more rapid than our actual means. The AIDS virus will have been beaten and significant progress in cancer treatment will occur, while "the crazy cow illness" will be more and more common.
Humans will undergo genetic manipulation and space flights will be scheduled anew.
Due to the dominant rural mentality, religious culture will flourish. Christianity will undergo many scissions and it will subdivide into many religious confessions. Racial tolerance will increase though many prejudices will not be overcome.
The capital of the USA will no further be Washington, but Omaha in the state of Nebraska. The United States will be divided into five areas, determined by their political and economical power. In 2020 a new Constituent will be promulgated but it will only slightly differ from its predecessor.

The technology of time-travel.

Titor claims that within 18 months of his intervention in Internet, thus at the beginning of 2003, the CERN of Gineva will undertake some studies on electromagnetic and gravitational fields that will also regard black holes,

Computer generated black hole.

with the goal to conduct several experiments that will be able to evaluate the possibility of increasing transportation speed.

(Note: this fact corresponds to reality and if Titor was only a trickster in the year 2000 he could not have such knowledge). According to Titor scientists will succeed in creating a miniature black hole and they will confine it within a strong magnetic field. In merit, Titor states that, in accordance to science's present day knowledge, black holes are capable of altering the flow of time and thus they represent the motors of the time-machine. He also adds that black holes represent the gateway of access to other regions of space-time of the universe. You go in through one black hole and you come out through a white hole. Having based their studies on the fact that black holes manifest the ability to alter time, the American corporation General Electric will plan and realize some units for time propulsion. These units can be used together with the mini-black holes created artificially in labs in order to achieve time-travel. This technology will be of military exclusive, especially that of the United States. From this point onward humanity will begin its adventure of exploring time.
Allegedly the time machine that Titor used, nominated the C204, is a very bulky structure that will only work if it is equipped onto a large vehicle capable of moving into the proper coordinates and far from human settlements.
In brief, this time mechanism supposedly twists the gravitational fields outside of the vehicle, making it contract and concentrating it into a single point as if it created a miniature black hole. From this point begins the time-travel through a sort of Wormhole.
The time-machine would orientate itself via precise

Computer generated wormhole.

reference points and the destination and time desired as destination would be set at the beginning of the trip, it would then return to the same geographical point and time period, considering the Earth's movement in space and celestial rotation. The limited period in which the time machine is capable of traveling in sets an obstacle for its performance. It cannot travel out of the 60-year range into the past or future. To make an example, in 2004 one could only go as far back as 1944 or as far into 2064. These limits are due to the specific technology used to build this time module.
(Note: The problem facing Titor seems to correspond with the actual theory on time-travel obtained through the artificial strings that would effectively permit to travel into the past which would be limited by the epoch of their creation). "Half" of the trip is identified in the time continuum thanks to coordinates that refer to the Earth's gravitational field. These coordinates become imprecise as one travels away from their starting period. It is thus possible to increase the breadth of leaps in time but one risks being catapulted into unknown areas of time.

The paradoxes of time according to Titor.

Often, speaking about time-travel, problems due to the paradoxes to which chrononauts could face are cited. One of these paradoxes is represented by the theory that one could alter past events thereby changing the future. An example: if the builder of the time-machine goes to the past and kills his father before he was born what would happem? In the time-traveler's future should he cease to exist be it that he was no longer born?
In this case does the time-traveler instantly disappear be it that he could not reach into the past? If he could not reach the past then how could he kill his father?
This is one of the most recurring questions posed to John Titor. He explained that these events could not happen. Aligned with the recent theories on wormholes he cited the principle of "worldliness" or be it " time lines", or literally the " reality lines" that manifest themselves due to a principle of auto conservation of space-time.
According to this theory it is not possible to modify the future while operating in the past because the original time-line would coherently remain open and unalterable due to the fact that it provided the means for the time-traveler to go into the past.

H.G. Wells time machine.

In order to not contradict the coherency of this phenomenon, after having killed his father another time-line would open bringing the time-traveler to another future where he does not exist, consequential of his actions.
In this manner a parallel universe would be created to the original one and it would permit to maintain the logical balance of space-time while admitting these inevitable paradoxes.
According to Titor, time-travel, especially towards the past, cannot determine changes in the time-line of the traveler, whatever he does. It is already stable and set, determined by actions and choices already made.
This explains why Titor could reveal his identity without problems: his reality is already decided, he did not come back to the past to change his future, warning us of future events so that we could avoid them thus changing his future and forcing him to travel back on another time-line that would take him to a parallel future and not his original one.
He can not change his current present, but we can change our future because we belong to a point of the original time-line whose actions will yield an outcome, be it the consequence of a natural and original cause and effect, for our future. This is why Titor did not reveal anything about inevitable events (earthquakes, airplane crashes, floods…) that will happen in the immediate future. His revelations would have made these events avoidable, he would have created parallel universes in which he would certainly be projected.
These interferences with the time-lines, according to Titor, are not included in the time-travelers security code. In any case, any interference would be inconsistent upon the characteristics of ones future of origin.

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Humanity is at a dangerous crossroads. War preparations to attack Iran are in “an advanced state of readiness”. Hi tech weapons systems including nuclear warheads are fully deployed.
This military adventure has been on the Pentagon’s drawing board since the mid-1990s. First Iraq, then Iran according to a declassified 1995 US Central Command document.
Escalation is part of the military agenda. While Iran, is the next target together with Syria and Lebanon, this strategic military deployment also threatens North Korea, China and Russia.
Since 2005, the US and its allies, including America’s NATO partners and Israel, have been involved in the extensive deployment and stockpiling of advanced weapons systems. The air defense systems of the US, NATO member countries and Israel are fully integrated.
This is a coordinated endeavor of the Pentagon, NATO, Israel’s Defense Force (IDF), with the active military involvement of several non-NATO partner countries including the frontline Arab states (members of NATO’s Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative), Saudi Arabia, Japan, South Korea, India, Indonesia, Singapore, Australia, among others. (NATO consists of 28 NATO member states  Another 21 countries are members of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council (EAPC), The Mediterranean Dialogue and the Istanbul Cooperation Initiative include ten Arab countries plus Israel.)
The roles of Egypt, the Gulf states and Saudi Arabia (within the extended military alliance) is of particular relevance. Egypt controls the transit of war ships and oil tankers through the Suez Canal. Saudi Arabia and the Gulf States occupy the South Western coastlines of the Persian Gulf, the Straits of Hormuz and the Gulf of Oman. In early June, “Egypt reportedly allowed one Israeli and eleven U.S. ships to pass through the Suez Canal in ….an apparent signal to Iran. … On June 12, regional press outlets reported that the Saudis had granted Israel the right to fly over its airspace…” (Muriel Mirak Weissbach,  Israel’s Insane War on Iran Must Be Prevented., Global Research, July 31, 2010)
In post 9/11 military doctrine, this massive deployment of military hardware has been defined as part of the so-called  “Global War on Terrorism”, targeting “non-State” terrorist organizations including al Qaeda and so-called “State sponsors of terrorism”,. including Iran, Syria, Lebanon, Sudan.
The setting up of new US military bases, the stockpiling of advanced weapons systems including tactical nuclear weapons, etc. were implemented as part of the pre-emptive defensive military doctrine under the umbrella of the “Global War on Terrorism”.
War and the Economic Crisis
The broader implications of a US-NATO Israel attack on Iran are far-reaching. The war and the economic crisis are intimately related. The war economy is financed by Wall Street, which stands as the creditor of the US administration. The US weapons producers are the recipients of the US Department of Defense multibillion dollar procurement contracts for advanced weapons systems. In turn, “the battle for oil” in the Middle East and Central Asia directly serves the interests of the Anglo-American oil giants.
The US and its allies are “beating the drums of war” at the height of a Worldwide economic depression, not to mention the most serious environmental catastrophe in World history. In a bitter twist, one of the major players (BP) on the Middle East Central Asia geopolitical chessboard, formerly known as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company, is the instigator of the ecological disaster in the Gulf of Mexico.
Media Disinformation
Public opinion, swayed by media hype is tacitly supportive, indifferent or ignorant as to the likely impacts of what is upheld as an ad hoc “punitive” operation directed against Iran’s nuclear facilities rather than an all out war. War preparations include the deployment of  US and Israeli produced nuclear weapons. In this context, the devastating consequences of a nuclear war are either trivialised or simply not mentioned.
The “real crisis” threatening humanity, according to the media and the governments, is not war but global warming. The media will fabricate a crisis where there is no crisis: ”a global scare” — the H1N1 global pandemic– but nobody seems to fear a US sponsored nuclear war. 
The war on Iran is presented to public opinion as an issue among others. It is not viewed as a threat to “Mother Earth” as in the case of global warming. It is not front-page news. The fact that an attack on Iran could lead to escalation and potentially unleash a “global war” is not a matter of concern. 
The Cult of Killing and Destruction
The global killing machine is also sustained by an imbedded cult of killing and destruction which pervades Hollywood movies, not to mention the prime time war and crime TV series on network television. This cult of killing is endorsed by the CIA and the Pentagon which also support (finance) Hollywood productions as an instrument of war propaganda:

“Ex-CIA agent Bob Baer told us, “There’s a symbiosis between the CIA and Hollywood” and revealed that former CIA director George Tenet is currently, “out in Hollywood, talking to studios.” (Matthew Alford and Robbie Graham, Lights, Camera… Covert Action: The Deep Politics of Hollywood, Global Research, January 31, 2009).

The killing machine is deployed at a global level, within the framework of the unified combat command structure. It is routinely upheld by the institutions of government, the corporate media and the mandarins and intellectuals of the New World Order in Washington’s think tanks and strategic studies research institutes, as an unquestioned instrument of peace and global prosperity.
A culture of killing and violence has become imbedded in human consciousness.
War is broadly accepted as part of a societal process: The Homeland needs to be “defended” and protected.
“Legitimized violence” and extrajudicial killings directed against “terrorists” are upheld in western democracies, as necessary instruments of national security.
A “humanitarian war” is upheld by the so-called international community. It is not condemned as a criminal act. Its main architects are rewarded for their contributions to world peace.
With regard to Iran, what is unfolding is the outright legitimization of war in the name of an illusive notion of global security.
A “Pre-emptive” Aerial attack directed against Iran would lead to Escalation
At present there are three separate Middle East Central Asia war theaters: Iraq, Af-Pak, and Palestine.
Were Iran to be the object of a “pre-emptive” aerial attack by allied forces, the entire region, from the Eastern Mediterranean to China’s Western frontier with Afghanistan and Pakistan, would flare up, leading us potentially into a World War III scenario.
The war would also extend into Lebanon and Syria.
It is highly unlikely that the bombings, if they were to be implemented, would be circumscribed to Iran’s nuclear facilities as claimed by US-NATO official statements. What is more probable is an all out air attack on both military and civilian infrastructure, transport systems, factories, public buildings.