MANIFESTATION OF UNITY IN THE NEW MALAYSIA ERA THROUGH THE KUMPULAN PANTUN WARISAN

Unity is the strong unification in forming a multiracial society. Unity is also a very important country’s asset and it is the backbone to the development of a country. This concept is important in building a New Malaysia that is often discussed nowadays. In the context of New Malaysia, various races want to fight for their own rights, but it should be reminded that the unity between races that has been taken care all these while has never been scratched because of their wills. Hence, the unity among races must be preserved and practiced so that the New Malaysia will always be in peace and prosperous. In this context, the Malay heritage such as pantun, documented a lot on the life of the previous society which still can be accepted today in building a prosperous country. Hence, this study will identify and discuss the pantun with the theme of unity found in the Kumpulan Pantun Warisan’s book in order to re-elaborate our community’s method in maintaining the unity in the past. This study will use the data analysis method to examine the unity oriented pantun in the Kumpulan Pantun Warisan Khazanah Budaya Bangsa (2013). The findings show that the previous Malay heritage or treasures contained clear and across time aspirations in preserving the unity. Through pantun, the community delivers the unity advice from various aspects, including respect, respecting neighbors, courtesy, cooperation, tolerance with each other, and unity. Thus, it portrays that the aspirations of the Malay world Studies in shaping the well-being in the old and also new Malaysia.