![]() ![]() These songs are mostly commissioned by the government for specific campaigns and are thus, authority-defined in their selection and dissemination. These songs are popular and accepted by Malaysian citizens as a part of their national identity and such affinities are supported by the songs' repeated broadcast and consumption on national radio, television and social media platforms. Music in the form of the national anthem and patriotic songs were and remain essential components of these totems mobilised by the state to foster a sense of national cohesion and collective identity. Upon its independence in 1957, Malaysia was in the process of becoming a modern nation and therefore required 'modern totems' to bind its society together under the imagined nation-of-intent intended by the government of the day. ![]()
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