Sentences with phrase «cocos malays»
Originally brought to the Cocos (Keeling) Islands as slaves and members of the harem of Alexander Hare, an early 19th century English explorer, the Cocos Malay people speak a mixture of English, Malay and Cocos Malay, practise Sunni Islam and maintain their own unique dress code.
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Visit Home Island, where a small, unique indigenous population of about 450 Cocos Malay people live.
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The forefathers of the Cocos Malays were brought to the island from the Malay Archipelago in the 19th century as slaves.