Editing Brunei (section)

== Culture ==
{{Main|Culture of Brunei}}
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The culture of Brunei is predominantly [[Malay people|Malay]] (reflecting its ethnicity), with heavy influences from [[Islam]], but is seen as much more conservative than [[Indonesia]] and [[Malaysia]].<ref>For a discussion of religious freedom, see [https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71334.htm Brunei] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191128102040/https://2001-2009.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2006/71334.htm |date=28 November 2019 }}. International Religious Freedom Report 2006, United States Department of State.</ref> Influences to Bruneian culture come from the Malay cultures of the [[Malay Archipelago]]. Four periods of cultural influence have occurred: animist, [[Hindu]], Islamic, and Western. Islam had a very strong influence, and was adopted as Brunei's ideology and philosophy.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20110511082403/http://www.jpm.gov.bn/pmo1/index.php?view=article&id=185%3Alanguage-and-culture&format=pdf&option=com_content&Itemid=209 Language and Culture]. jpm.gov.bn (28 May 2009)</ref>

As a [[Sharia]] country, the sale and public consumption of alcohol is banned.<ref name="Brunei Tourism Website">[https://web.archive.org/web/20080710091353/http://www.tourismbrunei.com/info/do.html Brunei Tourism Website (Government appointed)]. tourismbrunei.com</ref> Non-Muslims are allowed to bring in a limited amount of alcohol from their point of embarkation overseas for their own private consumption.<ref name="bruneipress.com.bn" />

=== Media ===
{{Main|Media of Brunei}}
Media in Brunei are said to be pro-government; press criticism of the government and monarchy is rare. The country ranks "Not Free" in media by [[Freedom House]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.freedomhouse.org/inc/content/pubs/pfs/inc_country_detail.cfm?country=6929&year=2007&pf|archive-url=https://archive.today/20080511080900/http://www.freedomhouse.org/inc/content/pubs/pfs/inc_country_detail.cfm?country=6929&year=2007&pf|archive-date=11 May 2008|title=Freedom of the Press – Brunei (2006) |publisher=Freedomhouse.org|access-date=30 December 2009}}</ref> Nonetheless, the press is not overtly hostile toward alternative viewpoints and is not restricted to publishing only articles regarding the government. The government allowed a printing and publishing company, Brunei Press PLC, to form in 1953. The company continues to print the English daily ''[[Borneo Bulletin]]''. This paper began as a weekly [[community paper]] and became a daily in 1990<ref name="bruneipress.com.bn">{{cite web |url=http://www.bruneipress.com.bn/brunei/brunei.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020623025316/http://www.bruneipress.com.bn/brunei/brunei.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=23 June 2002 |title=About Brunei |publisher=Bruneipress.com.bn |date=30 July 1998 |access-date=23 March 2012 |df=dmy-all }}</ref> Apart from The ''Borneo Bulletin'', there is also the ''[[Media Permata]]'' and Pelita Brunei, the local Malay newspapers which are circulated daily. ''[[The Brunei Times]]'' is another English independent newspaper published in Brunei since 2006.<ref>{{cite web|title=Brunei Times Website|url=http://bt.com.bn/|access-date=15 December 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111213020954/http://www.bt.com.bn/|archive-date=13 December 2011|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

The Brunei government, through state broadcaster [[Radio Television Brunei]] (RTB), owns and operates three television channels with the introduction of digital TV using DVB-T (RTB Perdana, RTB Aneka and RTB Sukmaindera) and five radio stations (National FM, Pilihan FM, Nur Islam FM, Harmony FM and Pelangi FM). A private company has made cable television available (Astro-Kristal) as well as one private radio station, Kristal FM.<ref name="bruneipress.com.bn" />
It also has an online campus radio station, ''[[UBD FM]]'', that streams from its first university, [[Universiti Brunei Darussalam]].<ref>{{cite web|last=UBD Radio Website|title=UBD Radio|url=http://www.ubdfm.blogspot.com/|access-date=23 December 2011|archive-date=24 August 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824171936/http://ubdfm.blogspot.com/|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Sport===
{{main|Sport in Brunei}}

The most popular sport in Brunei is [[association football]]. The [[Brunei national football team]] joined [[FIFA]] in 1969, but has not had much success. Brunei's top football league is the [[Brunei Super League]], which is managed by the [[Football Association of Brunei Darussalam]] (FABD). The nation has its own martial arts called "Silat Suffian Bela Diri".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.silatsuffian.nl/silat-suffian-bela-diri/|title=Silat Suffian Bela Diri|access-date=13 February 2023|archive-date=13 February 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230213053500/http://www.silatsuffian.nl/silat-suffian-bela-diri/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Brunei debuted [[Brunei at the Olympics|at the Olympics]] in 1996 and has competed at all subsequent [[Summer Olympics]] except the 2008 edition. The country has competed in badminton, shooting, swimming, and track-and-field, but has yet to win any medals. The [[Brunei Darussalam National Olympic Council]] is the [[National Olympic Committee]] for Brunei.

Brunei has had slightly more success [[Brunei at the Asian Games|at the Asian Games]], winning four bronze medals. The first major international sporting event to be hosted in Brunei was the [[1999 Southeast Asian Games]]. According to the [[all-time Southeast Asian Games medal table]], Bruneian athletes have won a total of 14 gold, 55 silver and 163 bronze medals at the games.