Multi-faith KL street musicians performing Christmas carols; don’t let politicians destroy that uniqueness

EBONY and ivory live together in perfect harmony

Side by side on my piano keyboard, oh Lord, why don’t we?”

So went the opening stanza of Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder’s 1982 hit, Ebony and Ivory. The message is simple, people just want to live in peace and harmony.

This sentiment was echoed in a post on X by pro-Madani influencer JOKER 🔺(@tjerealjokerJoker) who shared a clip of street musicians doing a rousing rendition of Jingle Bells in what appears to be downtown Kuala Lumpur.

The musicians appear to be multi-racial with even Malay-Muslim members who seem to have no qualms serenading the crowd with Christmas carols (contrast this with the brouhaha sparked by PAS Youth vice-chief Muhammad Hanif Jamaluddin over the staging of the Housing and Local Government Ministry’s lights up event on Christmas eve).

In the poster’s observation, the race and religion of a person do not matter as Malaysians are generally a peace-loving bunch who want to live in harmony. This led him to argue that it is “PAS and Bersatu who are constantly trying to stir trouble”.

His seasonal message was met by a flurry of responses. Some agreeing and some most certainly did not.

Those who agreed called for a rejection of politicians who fan 3R (race, religion and royalty) flames.

One went further to contend that it wasn’t just the opposition parties but ALL politicians.

Some though were in no doubt as to where the blame should lie, explicitly naming JAKIM (Department of Islamic Development Malaysia) for creating schisms in society.

One commenter suggested that a drastic change in education policy was required to ensure that the social fabric of the nation is maintained. However, this may just be wishful thinking on his part.

Some netizens appear to confirm that the troupe did indeed feature Malay-Muslims.

However, there were more than a few dissenting voices who opined that such behaviour was forbidden by their religion.

However, the majority of the comments seem to reflect the glad tidings that is the festive season, preaching tolerance and acceptance of cultural diversity.

One quite possibly hit the nail on the head when he quoted Susan Lancaster in the film Mekanik who remarked. “black, white or blue …  we are all Malaysians.” – Dec 27, 2024

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