Breakfast Culture In Malaysia Is On The UNESCO Heritage List

Illustration of the Malaysian breakfast culture (Pexels/Aqeel)

JAKARTA - The breakfast culture in Malaysia is included in the UNESCO's list of Non-Corruption Cultural Heritage Representatives. This Malaysian breakfast culture was included in the list after UNESCO held a hearing on December 2-7, 2024 in Paraguay.

Quoting from Arab News, Tuesday, December 10, 2024, breakfast culture in Malaysia is on the UNESCO list for describing diversity and togetherness. The breakfast culture is considered as a unifying forum for ethnic groups in the country.

Malaysia's main breakfast menu is fatty rice, canai bread, to ten draws. All of these menus can be found easily, from urban areas, villages, to private spaces.

This breakfast culture has elements of ethnic unifying because in Malaysia there are Malay, Chinese, and Indian tribes, which are sellers of food as well as food connoisseurs.

The success of breakfast culture in Malaysia on the UNESCO list cannot be separated from the active role of the government, especially the Malaysian Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture (MOTAC). All the criteria needed to be included in the UNESCO list are owned by the Malaysian breakfast culture.

The culture of breakfast in Malaysia shows diversity, harmony, inclusiveness, to acceptance of people from various ethnicities. This includes the elements of the unobtent cultural heritage according to the criteria set by UNESCO, "said a MOTAC representative.

Meanwhile, Malaysia itself is one of the countries that is quite active in submitting their culture to the UNESCO list. Previously there was rice lesa to a historic place such as George Town and the Kinabalu National Park.