Chapter 5 : Individual Statements

Chapter 4: Hari Raya Aidiladha Celebration at the Kampung

What Muslims do before & during Hari Raya?

Hari Raya Puasa

- celebration of the End of the Ramadan month of fasting.
- pay the Zakat and fitra before offering the Eid prayers.
- Muslims are not permitted to fast on that day

Hari Raya Aidiladha/ Haji
- the End of Hajj pilgrimage season
- memperingati kisah pengorbanan Nabi Ibrahim

- ibadat Korban (slaughter certain animal)

Celebration of Hari Raya Aidiladha at Kampung Dusun Tua

Day #1

14th October

Early in the morning, all of us had to gather at UCSI lobby to wait for the bus. The bus came and took us at around 9am. We reached the dewan at Hulu Langat after 30minutes. We were guided by the local villagers to prepare the dish. 

Meeting the 'key people'

Aminah Adulahti, aged 84, Founder of Rendang recipe, mother of Owner of house, the master of cooking

Athirah, Owner to the, experience cooker and guider on that day

They are all very friendly and willing to teach and share everything, either on the food preparing or any Malay rituals. Then, each of us were separated into different groups to prepare various kind of food. 

The foods

the making of DODOL

the making of KETUPAT

the making of LEMANG

the making of RENDANG DAGING

Our group was preparing the rendang ayam. Firstly, the villagers taught us how to prepare the ingredients before cooking. We did the washing and cutting of the chicken and others like onions, gingers, garlics and so on. After that, we started cooking the rendang sauce and stirred it for long before it is ready to mix the chicken into it. We kept stir the rendang ayam until it is dry enough to become the tasty rendang. However, it took a very long time for the chicken to be soften.

Rendang Ayam making

A video showing the procedure of making RENDANG AYAM

The cooking procedure of Rendang Chicken

1. Wash the chicken.

2. Prepare the ingredients.

3. Heat up the wok.

4. Pour cooking oil to the wok when it is heated

5. Add half of the lemongrass and spices and stir it

6. Add garlics, onions and ginger and cook until it becomes light brown.

7. Add (the red mixture) and stir until the oil bubbles.

8. Add the meat and stir until the oil bubbles.

9. Add meat and stir it until soften.

10. Add the santan and cook until dry.

11. Rendang chicken was cooked until soften and serve.

Traditional recipe from Mak Cik Aminah

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Day #2

15th October

One the event day, we went there by our own transport. To get ourselves more blend into the event, we were asked to wear the Melayu traditional clothes.

Traditional Malay clothings

Group members' wearing traditional Malay clothes

Male's Traditional Malay clothes 

(LEFT: Baju Melayu with tengkolok and samping, RIGHT: Baju Melayu)

Female's Traditional Malay clothes

(LEFT: Baju Kebaya, RIGHT: Baju Kurung)

After 'salam' with he villagers, we entered the hall and the event started. Mr Kamal was invited to give a speech as the open ceremony of the celebration of Hari Raya Aidiladha. All the meals are arranged well on the table, the food mostly are prepared by us, students on the day before. Some of the villagers also brought some food for the event, like the 'nasi pulut', 'nasi minyak', 'kuih', fruits and drinks.

The foods

Food prepared on the event day

After finish the meal, all of us clean up the area together. The left over food was taken by the students and villagers. After the event was end, we went to the nearest mosque to  see ‘korban’. The cow was being 'sembelih' into many part to be distributed to the people.

'Korban' on Hari Raya Aidiladha

Process of korban

Cow slaughtering process

Distribution of meat and weighting

CHAPTER 3 : THE MALAY HOUSE

Building type :
Residential building

Function :
Typical Malay House (renovated)

Location :
Batu 17, Dusun Tua, Hulu Langat


Diagrammatic studies :

Circulation of first floor

Circulation of ground floor

Space planning on ground floor

Space planning on first floor

1. Anjung (lobby)

2. Living area

3. Wet kitchen

4. Bedrooms

5. Terrace

6. Toilers

7. Passage

8. Rumah ibu (family)

9. Resting room

Drawings:

Ground floor plan

First floor plan

Front elevation

Rear elevation

Left elevation

Right elevation

Section A-A

Section B-B

Construction method:

Activities:

Exploded Malay house shows activities inside.

CHAPTER 2 : KEY PUBLIC BUILDING

Building type :
Public building

Function :
Surau - a community space, a place where every Muslims gather and pray together

Location :
Batu 17, Dusun Tua, Hulu Langat


Parti diagrams :

Form - serial progression

Axis & symmetry

Linear space - circulation

Space planning

1. Qibla

2. Praying hall

3. Male toilet

4. Female toilet

5. Kitchen

6. Store

7. Madrasa

8. Wudu / ablution

Drawings:

Floor plan

Front elevation

Rear elevation

Left elevation

Right elevation

Section A-A

Section B-B

From the sections, you can see the floor slab is elevated. This is to enhance air flows into building from the ground and yet decrease the thermal contact between human and the ground.

Activities:

Exploded drawings shows activities happen in the building