Of Christmas Eve And Christmas Present

Merry Christmas everyone! It was indeed a surprise for me to find out that some Orang Asli in Malaysia celebrate Christmas. Orang Asli is the local word for aborigines and indeed there is a Catholic Orang Asli community in Kg Tekir and Kg Belihoi in Labu, Negri Sembilan who celebrate the yuletide. The majority of Christians in Malaysian are Chinese, Indians or some indigenous tribes in Borneo and their churches normally celebrate the birth of Jesus on this day. Non-Christians especially Chinese do normally take the opportunity to join in the festive season and my niece and her gang from N & G Art Gallery and a Buddhist Group from Kampong Boyan, had taken time off on Christmas Eve to celebrate their successful art exhibition and competition cum concert cum business fair with a barbeque. The barbeque was a fun affair with games and presents thrown in and ended late into the night only to have it continued the next day with an excursion to old folk homes in Sungai Siput and Ipoh. While Christmas Day had always been a day to reminisce a great man long gone, Christmas Present takes time off for the less fortunate. Isn't that high time?


From The Star, Orang Asli celebrating Christmas...



Ahh... Here comes Christmas Eve...







Presents to be given away...

An Excursion on Christmas Present...

The Lot from N & G Art Gallery...




An Old Folk Home in Sungai Siput, Perak...

Old folks waiting for some attention...




A song for the old folks...



A Dance for the old folks...



Talking to an old folk...


Lunch for the old folks...



An Old Folk Home in Ipoh...


Paying Respect to the Buddha on Christmas Present...



Singing a song for the old folks...




A dance number for the old folks...

A Dhamma talk on Christmas Present...


Helping an old folk...



Having tea with the old folks before calling it a day...