SEA ESSAY
Group 5
Daniel Lee, Ulrica Ong, Kiri Halsted How far was the success of the nationalist movements in SEA dependent on the personalities of their leader? The success of the nationalist movements was widely due to the personalities of their leaders, the conservative and religious natures of the leaders as well as the charisma of the leaders. Nationalist movements refer to movements which aim to preserve a nation’s identity, tradition, culture or language. The success of nationalist movements refer to the advancement in independence for the country as well as the creation of an identity for the locals which are different to their colonial masters. Firstly, the conservative and religious natures of the leader’s personalities contributed to the success of the nationalist movements in SEA. Due to the leaders’ strong religious beliefs, they were able to garner support from those who shared the same beliefs as them which can be seen through numbers and protests. This led to the success of the nationalist movements, as they were able to not only garner support but also be united under the same beliefs, working towards a common goal. In Burma, the Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA) was formed in 1906 and by 1916, it had become a national organization with branches throughout
Burma, which shows that it had garnered a lot of support through numbers from the Buddhist youths all around Burma. The common goal of the people in this organization was to assert their Burmese identity and to “rescue” it from being tarnished by the British. The most famous incident of a clash between the Burmese Buddhist and the British was when the British refused to remove their shoes before entering Buddhist religious buildings even though the
Burmese Buddhist were persistent in
Daniel Lee, Ulrica Ong, Kiri Halsted How far was the success of the nationalist movements in SEA dependent on the personalities of their leader? The success of the nationalist movements was widely due to the personalities of their leaders, the conservative and religious natures of the leaders as well as the charisma of the leaders. Nationalist movements refer to movements which aim to preserve a nation’s identity, tradition, culture or language. The success of nationalist movements refer to the advancement in independence for the country as well as the creation of an identity for the locals which are different to their colonial masters. Firstly, the conservative and religious natures of the leader’s personalities contributed to the success of the nationalist movements in SEA. Due to the leaders’ strong religious beliefs, they were able to garner support from those who shared the same beliefs as them which can be seen through numbers and protests. This led to the success of the nationalist movements, as they were able to not only garner support but also be united under the same beliefs, working towards a common goal. In Burma, the Young Men’s Buddhist Association (YMBA) was formed in 1906 and by 1916, it had become a national organization with branches throughout
Burma, which shows that it had garnered a lot of support through numbers from the Buddhist youths all around Burma. The common goal of the people in this organization was to assert their Burmese identity and to “rescue” it from being tarnished by the British. The most famous incident of a clash between the Burmese Buddhist and the British was when the British refused to remove their shoes before entering Buddhist religious buildings even though the
Burmese Buddhist were persistent in