2 Indonesian Regional Songs That Claim to Have Malaysian Lifestyle – 8 hours ago

Jakarta, CNBC Indonesia – Malaysia, as a neighboring country, has close relations with Indonesia. However, the two countries are often involved in polemics over cultural claims which cause arguments and mutual accusations among the public.

At least, Indonesian national media noted that there are a number of Indonesian cultural heritages that are claimed by Malaysia, ranging from batik, Reog Ponorogo, angklung, to swimming. Most recently, the neighboring country was also suspected of plagiarizing a regional song from West Java.

The following are two Indonesian songs that have been claimed by Malaysia.

1. Hello-Halo Bandung

Photo: (Youtube Screenshot of Kanak TV Songs)

Malaysia is suspected of making a claim to a regional song from West Java entitled Halo-Halo Bandung which has been known as the work of Ismail Marzuki.

This was first known from the video clip for the song entitled Hello Kuala Lumpur on a YouTube channel that is thought to originate from Malaysia.

How not, song Hello Kuala Lumpur This is very similar to a song from Indonesia, namely Hello hello Bandung. The song was uploaded by the YouTube channel Lagu Kanak TV with the title “Malaysian Malay Kanak Kanak Songs” on June 30 2018.

For example, at the beginning of the song Hello Kuala Lumpur reads Hello Kuala Lumpur, Capital of Joy. Meanwhile, the song Halo-Halo Bandung reads, Hello hello BandungCapital of Joy.

While in the middle it reads, didn’t meet you. Meanwhile, in the song that was allegedly plagiarized from Malaysia, the lyrics changed to didn’t meet you.

Suddenly, the video received attention from Indonesian netizens

2. A sense of affection

Malaysia also used the song Feeling darling for its tourism promotion entitled Malaysia Truly Asia in 2017. The promotional video immediately sparked protests from the Indonesian people who accused the neighboring country of stealing the country’s cultural heritage.

This song’s claims were repeated a decade later. In 2017, when hosting the 2017 SEA Games, Malaysia again used the song Rasa Sayange at the opening of the Southeast Asian sporting event.

As known, Feeling darling is a song from Indonesia which is a regional song from Maluku. The song was created by Paulus Pea, a songwriter from Maluku.

Regarding this, Malaysian Prime Minister (PM) Anwar Ibrahim emphasized the song entitled Feeling darling is a song from Indonesia. He emphasized this because he still heard claims from a number of parties who stated that the song came from Malaysia.

“I once had a song Feeling darling Some people are talking about us, originally from Malaysia. That’s just Google knows the history. “We know where he comes from Indonesia,” he said, at the Anwar Meeting event in Jakarta, quoted on Saturday (9/9/2023).

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