3 weeks ago, a friend of mine called me, just to inform and ask my opinion about the decision made by IIUM to replace the songkok (for brothers) and special scarves (for sisters) with mortar boards during its convocation after this. It was still rumors at that time. That means we were the last batch of IIUM graduates wearing songkok in such a big event (23rd convocation). Well, if it was true, I just said that obviously as an IIUM alumni, it's hard to accept the fact. Wearing songkok during convocation is one of the identities of IIUM graduates, who have been practicing this since the early years of IIUM establishment.But songkok is not an Islamic identity, which reflects the piousness of a Muslim. It's just a tradition of Malays and Muslims, especially those who are living in Nusantara region.
The news has significantly drawn attentions from the public when it was officially announced and put in newspapers. It's up to you how to look at it.
A news at The Malaysian Insider:
UIAM doing away with songkok for convo
KUALA LUMPUR, July 25 —The International Islamic University of Malaysia is doing away with the songkok and special scarves during convocation for its graduates.
Instead, from this year's convocation, to be held from Aug 23 to 25, graduates will wear their graduation robes with mortar boards.
A mortar board
UIAM deputy rector (Academic and Research) Prof Datuk Dr Tahir Azhar said the change was made to standardise the dress code for university convocations nationwide.
He said yesterday that this year 4,112 UIAM graduates would receive their scrolls.
He said there would also be a change in the colour of the graduation robes, from turquoise green to turquoise blue.
"The songket pattern on the sleeve of the new graduation robes will be that of the 'pucuk rebung' (bamboo shoot)," he added.
He said UIAM was spending RM2.1 million for the new graduation robes. — Bernama
------------------The news is also available at Utusan Malaysia: Topi mortar ganti songkok semasa konvokesyen UIAM
Wassalam.
2 comments:
owh....dah tukar plak ye..hmm..hilang juga lah identity uia bila dh ditukar ni...but then senang lah sisters yg nk konvo tu..tak yah lah nk 'bergaduh2' dgn tudung masa nk letakkan stripe yg ade lambang uia tu atas kepala...ssh tau nk bagi stripe tu elok2 terletak.as a result, u can c various ways of putting it on our head..keskeskes....
ape2 pn,congrats to all graduates 2008! (dah setahun rupanya berlalu ek..huhu...)
Erm...tulah, hilanglah tradisi uia kita tu. but for sisters, maybe ramai yg tak puas hati dgn tudung tu..huhu. Ye, setahun berlalu terlalu skejap rsnya..
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