Pesta 'Rain Rave' Adalah Budaya Malaysia? Apa Buktinya?

Added: 2026-05-12

[00:00:00]Tourism Malaysia used to be my client.

[00:00:01]Okay. My big client.

[00:00:03]>> But who are you to determine culture?

[00:00:04]Culture is a dynamic concept. Again, I have no issue. But you But but but but but is this Malaysia? Is this >> It is Malaysian culture, and I tell you why.

[00:00:12]Let's go to one which is a current topic which is very hot which is the rain rave event. Okay. You've been very vocal about this.

[00:00:18]>> Not very loud.

[00:00:18]>> Very I I did two three posts you so so say. Oh, two three posts only, bro.

[00:00:21]>> Okay.

[00:00:22]>> [laughter] >> Two three posts is very vocal, huh?

[00:00:24]>> Okay, lah. And that's how you amplify my words, huh?

[00:00:26]>> [laughter] >> But you say >> Your audience have to understand, huh?

[00:00:29]Two three Okay, it's a lot. Okay. A lot.

[00:00:31]Okay. So you question whether or not this is our culture cuz a lot of people ask whether this is our culture rain rave event, right? Are you moral policing the entire Malaysia?

[00:00:40]>> No no no no.

[00:00:41]Uh I think that is not the right way to put it.

[00:00:43]>> Okay. What's the right way to put it?

[00:00:45]This video was sent to me yesterday.

[00:00:47]Okay. Uh >> [clears throat] >> and this video was recorded by an expat who has been in Malaysia for 9 months.

[00:00:53]He praised the rain and rave, but he spent the bulk of his video talking about, "This is not the Malaysia that I'm coming from.

[00:01:01]That rain and rave is >> is he going for? He say, "I'm here for the diversity of the culture, for the identity, for the Eastern value that they're holding up to." Mhm.

[00:01:11]After going to the Ryan Rave water festival in Bukit Bintang, I actually think the idea and the intention behind the event was good. But for me, personally, as I shared in the post, it just didn't feel that it reflected what I've come to love and appreciate about Malaysia after living here for the past 9 months. Part of the strong reaction comes from the event being connected with Tourism Malaysia because I think if it was a private event, it would have have been different. I've been to Merdeka, the Sarong Festival, experienced Deepavali, Chinese New Year, Ramadan, Hari Raya, and those are the kind of experiences I genuinely look forward to again. All this culture, all this energy is what makes Malaysia so special for me. But going to a rain rave is not something I would want to experience again.

[00:02:06]The real issue here is while the government is encouraging the public to minimize spending, even the cancer Hari Raya Aidilfitri, which is our identity.

[00:02:15]Mhm. Chinese New Year open house, which is our identity, our cultural identity.

[00:02:19]We cancel all these things, which is attract a lot of a lot of visitors, too.

[00:02:23]Expect that the purpose they come came to Malaysia to celebrate to to look at the celebration, the mood, everything. The Ramadan bazaar, you can see how many people make videos, right? No.

[00:02:33]Just think about this.

[00:02:35]And then out of nowhere, we're asking people, you know, uh jimat air, jangan bazir air. While the government is encouraging all these things. You cannot do something which is opposite of it.

[00:02:45]Which is wasting water.

[00:02:46]Which is wasting water. You say you're encouraging tourism. Now, you have come up with a multiple uh data. Uh one day all right after that, which is amazing, amazing. Wow.

[00:02:54]>> I I It's a It's a It's like Donald Trump say, "Amazing, amazing." Yeah. Okay.

[00:02:58]Amazing is that uh uh top leadership, a Chinese think tank, so-called, say that uh there are 80,000 uh visitors coming.

[00:03:05]Okay? 80,000 visitors uh attending the rain and rave festival, uh which generate 200 million. I don't know where he get the numbers, because Tourism Malaysia haven't come up with the numbers. Amazingly, and yesterday, yesterday, Malaysia in inbound tourism's uh associations, their president, she claimed 180,000. So, can you please make up your mind? Now, coming back to the culture, is this our culture?

[00:03:25]Is this our culture? Bro, I told I told you right before our recording start.

[00:03:30]Tourism Malaysia used to be my client.

[00:03:31]Okay. My big client.

[00:03:33]>> But who are you to determine culture?

[00:03:34]Culture is a dynamic concept. Again, I have no issue if you have it in a water theme park. No, but you >> But but but but but is this a Malaysia?

[00:03:41]Is this >> It is Malaysian culture, and I tell you why. The Malaysian Siamese Thai communities in Malaysia, who are Malaysian, celebrate Songkran here. Bro, I have no issue with Songkran.

[00:03:49]Did I I about Songkran?

[00:03:50]>> No, but it is a water festival.

[00:03:52]>> no, no. Bro, there is religious festival. This is not religious festival. It's just a bunch of people having a good time.

[00:03:57]>> Malaysia Siamese Association, they come up with a statement condemning this and say this is not a Songkran festival.

[00:04:04]Fair enough. And me as a Muslim, I have no problem for the Siamese people to celebrate because this is not a political issue, bro. People try to say, "Eh, why you protesting about this? Why you not protesting about this?" I say, "Bro, in Perlis, in Kedah, in Kelantan, you have a huge chunk of Siamese people who celebrate Songkran and up to them.

[00:04:24]Celebrate, bro."

[00:04:25]>> But why now? I mean, this was already in Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, Penang, Perak, and >> questions about culture. No, no, I know.

[00:04:30]So, but but this has been happening before. Even your only criticism is the brain festival here.

[00:04:34]>> I just imagine, huh. The expat, they came here.

[00:04:37]Party, so-called. Compared to our scene here, the party scene here in Malaysia and overseas, these Western countries, huh. Where is more happening? Malaysia or overseas?

[00:04:45]>> I I I I I I I I I I I wouldn't know.

[00:04:46]Bro, in Malaysia, you have the do's and don'ts which say you have to dress modestly. Huh.

[00:04:51]Over there, you can wear whatever you want. You don't want to wear, it's okay.

[00:04:54]Which is more enjoyable for them? For the expat who's seeking this kind of thrill? Obviously, it's better for them to go to Ibiza, bro. It's better for them to go to Copacabana, whatever.

[00:05:02]>> Of course. Whose culture is this?

[00:05:04]Which Okay, which race culture is this?

[00:05:07]I don't know.

[00:05:08]The fact that you don't know meaning it's not No, but it It's It's It's like It's like We We not We not We not We not It's like someone accusing you, "We not, you know, you are every You You lie a lot of time, many times."

[00:05:21]Okay. You don't have to defend yourself.

[00:05:23]You just ask them. "Okay, you say I lie a lot of time. Just name me one."

[00:05:27]And that person cannot name you any, meaning they have none. Likewise, when you say this is our culture, tell me which race, Malay, Chinese, Indian, Punjabi, Kadazan, uh Iban culture is this?

[00:05:43]The world >> [singing] [music] >> of Aya.