Brunei Culture To be Fortified Against Change

Bandar Seri Begawan – The principal of History Centre yesterday stressed on the need for fortification of culture against the tide of change but in keeping with time and at the same time preserving its originality.

Pehin Dato Dr Haji Awang Muhammad Jamil Al-Sufri, Principal of History Centre, said this in his working paper entitled "Adat Istadat Brunei" at the seminar on Brunei history yesterday.

He said that coloniser will always make an attempt to deviate the paradigm of the colonised in order to make them forget about their roots in cultures and norms.

“Colonisers will maintain that cultures of the colonised are archaic and useless,” he added

The Principal emphasised that failure at nurturing national customs to the young generation will make it easy for the coloniser to assimilate their ideas and culture.

He believes that people, who violate the country's customs or culture, is considered a disgrace to their nationality.

The three-day seminar, which carried the theme "Menyusuri Sejarah Nasional", is jointly organised by the Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah and the association of dignitaries.

More working papers are scheduled to be tabled by experts from within and outside the country on the history and culture of early Brunei up to the era of the fifth Sultan of Brunei. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei 

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