Grow Up

Hello there!

Recently, there has been an uproar in Indonesia over a Malaysian tourism video, where a pendet dance was featured in it. The pendet dance is a traditional Balinese dance. The origin? I don't know, but that's not the point is it?

I believe there isn't much of an issue anyway. The Malaysian government was not responsible for airing the commercial. Discovery TV was. And they had apologised to both countries here. Even though the Malaysian government isn't responsible, we also offered our apologies to cool down the situation.

So why are the Indonesians so upset about this matter? Threatening to "sweep out" Malaysians in Indonesia? This definitely sours the diplomatic tie. Hey, come on la.. It was just a mistake made by DISCOVERY TV. If anyone were to be blamed, they are. It was a mistake, like I said. And they had apologised.

Besides, the Malaysian government didn't even defend that the dance belonged to Malaysians. Heck, who cares? I've never even heard of it, never seen it, never practised it...so it's not even in the Malaysian culture. Why was it in the commercial? Who knows? If foreigners were to come to Malaysia just because of the dance, they would obviously have googled first. A simple search would tell them that the dance is Balinese, not Malaysian.

The message here is: Grow Up! Don't be so sensitive over small issues like this. I know it's not right to claim ownership of something that isn't ours. And Malaysians aren't claiming so. We apologised. Discovery TV apologised. And now is your turn for the excessive, fanatic reactions.

Disclaimer: I do not intend to provoke any party whatsoever. Just my 2 sens view. Take it or leave it.

Growing up,
Loo Han