Is it common to see mix marriages in a multi cultural country like Malaysia?

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It is still relatively rare.

Marriages are mostly among the same ethnic groups.
There are some inter-racial marriages between Indians and Chinese especially when both are Christians.

Malaysia is a mosiac of races and not a melting pot. Not much has melted.

M.O.A.B

In Malaysia mix marriages is OK, but come to religion matter, the court don't recognise other religion accept Islam.

ncjain1953

people just marry thier own race .

nonno76

Mix marriages are generally accepted by the society nowadays. However, mix marriages I have most often seen is that between:
indian and chinese, and
malay and chinese.
Of course, majority still stick with their own race.

Malayan Tiger

Yes it is common. Marrying other than a Muslim in Malaysia has no complications. If u marry a muslim, you will have to convert to Islam, change your name and the worse of all is that when you die, all your assets will go to the wife/children and none to your parents. Even worse will be if you happen to divorce, your status will remain a muslim and what will happen when you want to remarry, a Chinese or Indian??? I'd rather whack myself. Lol......

no money

if its true love, they wont care about ur race n skin color.

azayi1

it become more famous everyday..

i have several friends married with diff ethnic..

this shows the harmony in malaysian culture..
we rarely get this mix marriages in singapore or thailand..

Sheila

Mix marriages are common here. I come from a family full of it.

::BlackBerryLicious::

Yep, it is very common to see mix marriages in Malaysia..as for example in Malacca..there are many mix of either the Baba's and Nyonya's..the eurasian portuguesse mix either with malay, chinese or indian..

And that is just not in Malacca, it is fast spreading among Malaysians..

be it the locals married the Mat Saleh, among the races itself and for example like me..my husband is different race from me and my family root and my husband's family root are all came from mix marriages and to me it is great coz we get to celebrate so many kind of festival and we get to be proud of our uniqueness..

;-D mix or not mix..we are one great Malaysians!

Effendi R

In Sabah & Sarawak mixed marriages are common throughout culture but a little less between Muslims and non-Muslims because the law stipulates that whoever marries a non-Muslim must convert to Islam and from there it is difficult to go back.

Gigi the teeth

There are many couples like this. Last week I just attend a marriage ceremony between a Malay and a Chinese. But for me I'll still try my best to find my own race to couple.

Marge

Yes it's common... i have seen family chinese+indian,chinese+bumiputra,chinese... so, when festival we all celebrate together...

anderson

yes and its getting popular nowadays

Armand T.

It's common in the cities. About 80% of the couples in my college are multiracial.

Ken B

Those that think mixed marriages are uncommon, walk thru life with their eyes shut.

grendeth

Marry within your own race is better right. Maintain cultural integrity etc. Plus, maybe you don't know this but if someone marries a Malay, they have to change their name, renounce their faith. Who would want that?.

Its a homogeneous country...who said it was multi cultural?.

floozy_niki

I guess it's rather common for dark-skinned people to marry fellow dark-skinned people. For e.g, inter-racial marriages between Malays and Indians are very common. But dark-skinned people and fair-skinned people dun often marry each other.
Chinese do not like to marry Malays because of the religion issue. Indian men love Chinese women as they are fair-skinned, but Chinese people despise all dark people. So there you have it! My analytical breakdown.

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