The Punjabi Sikh Community in Kuching
Assimilation or Enculturation?
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https://doi.org/10.51611/iars.irj.v5i1.2015.43Keywords:
ACCULTURATION, MINORITY COMMUNITY, CULTURAL VITALITY, ETHNIC IDENTITY, ASSIMILATIONAbstract
ABSTRACT – This study was conducted using a mixed research method including quantitative and qualitative data collection to investigate the cultural and linguistic practices of the Punjabi Sikhs in Kuching, Sarawak in East Malaysia. It was aimed to determine whether the community had integrated with the majority community/communities in Kuching and to what extend it has preserved its ethnic identity. Data were collected on the Punjabis’ use of language in the domains of family, workplace, and entertainment. Other social factors like eating habits, dressing, celebration of festivals, marriage preference, religious practices and self-identity were also examined. It was identified that the minority community of the Punjabi Sikhs in Kuching, Sarawak has a tendency towards maintaining a strong cultural vitality and uniqueness. The community shows a high degree of assimilating towards the use of English language, although they appear to be maintaining their core Punjabi cultural traits and practices. Kuching Punjabis may have lost a vital segment of their cultural enrichment in the form of language but they crucially hold positive perceptions about their ethno-cultural and ethno-linguistic identity. Thus contradicting the traditional cultural studies, which incline that not maintaining the language, can lead to losing the other aspects of culture.
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GarcÃa, Ofelia. 1995. Spanish language loss as a determinant of income among Latinos in the United States: Implications for language policy in schools. In Power and Inequality in Language Education. James W. Tollefson ed. pp. 142–160. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Gilbert, Anne. & Langlois, André. 2006. Organisation spatial et vitalité des communautés des métropoles à forte dominance anglaise du Canada. Francophonies d’Amérique, 21, 105-129.
Gilbert, Anne; Langlois, André; Landry, Rodrigue & Aunger, Edmund. 2005. L’environnement et la vitalité communautaire des minorités francophones : vers un modèle conceptuel. Francophonies d’Amérique, 20, 51-62.
Giles, Howard & Johnson, Patricia. 1987. Ethnolinguistic theory: a social psychological approach to language maintenance. International Journal of the Sociology of Language (68): 69-99. ethnic group relations. 307–348. London: Academic Press.
Giles, Howard; Bourhis, Richard, Y.; & Taylor, Donald M. eds. 1977. Towards a theory of language in
Gill, Scott G. 2009. Ethnic and National Identities in Multicultural Contexts: Considerations and Challenges. Theme 4: Research Systems and Specific Challenges for Social Development: (Outreach to key social partners, multiculturalism, changing demographics) UNESCO, 1-10.
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Huschka, Denis and Mau, Steffen. 2006. Social Anomie and Racial Segregation in South Africa. Social Indicators Research 76, no. 3 (2006): 467-498.
Jones, David T. 1975. Modes of Allocation and the Acculturation Process. Nebraska Anthropologist. Paper 131. http://digitalcommons.unl.edu/nebanthro/131
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Lee Soo-Kyung, Sobal, Jeffrey. and Frongillo, Edward A. 2003. Comparison of Models of Acculturation : The Case of Korean Americans. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology 2003 34: 282
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Mohamad Subakir Mohd. Yasin.1998. Language Allegiance and Language Shift. Bangi: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
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Onwuegbuzie, Anthony J., Johnson, R. Burke 2004. Mixed method and mixed model research. In Educational Research: Quantitative, Qualitative, and Mixed Approaches. Johnson, R.B., Christensen, L.B. eds. pp. 408–431. Allynand Bacon, Needham Heights, MA.
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Sarjit S. Gill .2001. Perkahwinan campur peranakan Punjabi di Sabah. Sari, 19, 189-203.
Skutnabb-Kangas, Tove. 2000. Linguistic Genocide in Education or Worldwide Diversity and Human Rights. Mahwah, New Jersey: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Tajfel, Henri. .1974. Social identity and intergroup behaviour. Social Science Information. 11: 65–93.
Tajfel, Henri.1982. Social psychology of intergroup relations. Annual Reviews of Psychology. 33:1–39.
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Tan, Chee. Beng. 1993. Chinese Peranakan Heritage in Malaysia and Singapore. Kuala Lumpur: Fajar Bakti.
Teo Kok Seong. 2003. The Peranakan Chinese of Kelantan: a study of the cultural, language and communication of an assimilated group in Malaysia. London: ASEAN Academic Press.
Titiev, Mischa. 1958. Introduction to Cultural Anthropology. New York: Henry Holt and Co.
Van Dijk, Teun A. 1998. Ideology: A multidisciplinary approach. London: Sage Publications.
Weichold, Karina. 2010. Introduction to Mobility, Migration and Acculturation. International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development. 2. 58.
Winthrop, Robert H. 1991. Dictionary of Concepts in Cultural Anthropology. New York: Greenwood.
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David, M.K., Dealwis, C. and Shanmuganathan, T. (2015) “The Punjabi Sikh Community in Kuching: Assimilation or Enculturation?”, IARS’ International Research Journal, 5(1). doi:10.51611/iars.irj.v5i1.2015.43.
