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peranakanmuseum .org .sg. The Peranakan Museum is a museum and gallery in the Museum district of Singapore that specialises in the country's Peranakan culture. It is the sister museum of the Asian Civilisations Museum . Conceived in 2006, it is the only museum of its kind in the world, exploring the history of Peranakan cultures in Singapore as ...
Peranakan cuisine or Nyonya cuisine comes from the Peranakans, descendants of early Chinese migrants who settled in Penang, Malacca, Singapore and Indonesia, inter-marrying with local Malays. In Baba Malay, a female Peranakan is known as a nonya (also spelled nyonya ), and a male Peranakan is known as a baba.
Singapore, officially the Republic of Singapore, is an island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia.It is located about one degree of latitude (137 kilometres or 85 miles) north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bordering the Strait of Malacca to the west, the Singapore Strait to the south along with the Riau Islands in Indonesia, the South China Sea to ...
The Malay Heritage Centre ( Malay: Taman Warisan Melayu; Jawi: تامن واريثن ملايو ) is a cultural centre and museum located at Sultan Gate off Beach Road in Kampong Glam, Singapore. Its primary focus is to showcase the heritage and history of Malay Singaporeans. Through a variety of exhibits, interactive displays, and ...
The wedding ceremony of the Peranakan is largely based on Chinese tradition, and is one of the most colourful wedding ceremonies in Malaysia. At Malacca weddings, the Dondang Sayang, a form of extempore rhyming song in Malay sung and danced by guests at the wedding party, was a highlight. Someone would begin a romantic theme which was carried ...
The Malam Berbedak or Night of Powdering is a ceremonial event where family members and friends/family are invited to 'bless' the bride/groom by anointing the bride/groom with an ointment made from colored rice flour and scented oils. [1] The bride and groom are dressed up in traditional Berbedak attire which is different for each one.
Malay Singaporeans ( Malay: Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from the Malay world. [4] They constitute approximately 13.5% of the country's citizens, making them the second largest ethnic group in Singapore. [5] Under the Constitution of Singapore, they are recognised by the government as the indigenous people of ...
Malay cuisine is the traditional food of the ethnic Malays of Southeast Asia, residing in modern-day Malaysia, Indonesia (parts of Sumatra and Kalimantan ), Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and the Philippines (mostly southern) as well as Cocos Islands, Christmas Island, Sri Lanka and South Africa . The main characteristic of traditional ...