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Malay:
gotong royong
definitions
noun
- cooperation; mutual help; sharing of burdens; neighbourly care for one another within a community
- a cooperative effort by a community towards achieving something
Bring on "gotong royong", but let us also remember the Malay proverb, "seperti katak di bawah tempurung": Let us not be like a frog under a shell that thinks the shell is the world.
— 2014 March 31, June Cheah-Nicholls. Today, "Kampung spirit, yes; kampung mentality, no". p.18
The Malay community, in the spirit of gotong royong, or sense of community cooperation, have set up a number of community-based bursaries and financial assistance programmes to meet this need.
— 2014 March 28, Ameen Talib. Today, "The S$2 gotong royong solution for affordable degrees". p.14
adjective
- of or relating to cooperation, mutual help, and sharing of burdens
It is certainly worthwhile to rekindle the gotong royong spirit in our communities ... A gotong royong community would shoulder shared responsibility for one another, be involved in preventing conflicts and help find solutions when they arise ...
— 2015 August 14, William Wan. Today, "Gotong royong community is one of shared responsibility". p.28