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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 well as other Peranakan ...
Website. www.malayheritage.org.sg. 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 ...
Malay Singaporeans (Malay: Orang Melayu Singapura) are Singaporeans with general ancestry from ethnicities of the Malay world, including those who are specifically of Malay ethnic heritage. [4] They constitute approximately 13.5% of the country's residents, making them the second largest ethnic group in Singapore. [ 5 ]
Etymology and history. The name Jalan Ampas owes its heritage as a sugar cane plantation in the early days. [1] In Malay, ampas tebu (post-1972 spelling: hampas tebu) refers to the fibrous pulp that remains after sugar cane has been crushed to extract its juice. [2]
Istana Kampong Glam at the Malay Heritage Centre in Kampong Glam. Kampong Glam (Malay: Kampung Gelam; Jawi: کامڤوڠ ڬلم ; Chinese: 甘榜格南; pinyin: Gānbǎnggénán; Tamil: கம்போங் கிளாம்) is a neighbourhood and ethnic enclave in Singapore. It is located north of the Singapore River, in the planning area ...
The name of the house, Sri Temasek, means "splendour of Temasek" in Malay.The Malay word seri or sri means "charm; quintessence; splendour; glory" [2] or a "cynosure" [3] (something that attracts attention by its brilliancy or beauty; a centre of attraction, interest, or admiration) [4] Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese, was the name of an early city on the site of modern Singapore.
Istana Kampong Glam ( Malay for "Kampong Glam Palace"; Jawi: ايستان کامڤوڠ ڬلم), also Istana Kampong Gelam, is a former Malay palace in Singapore. It is located near Masjid Sultan in Kampong Glam. The palace and compounds were refurbished into the Malay Heritage Centre in 2004. The palace was gazetted as a national monument on ...
Jalan Kubor Cemetery (Malay: Perkuburan Jalan Kubor), sometimes called Victoria Street Cemetery, is a historical royal Muslim cemetery located at Victoria Street, near Kampong Glam neighbourhood in Singapore. It is one of the oldest Muslim cemeteries in Singapore and houses many graves of important Muslim figures from the 19th and 20th centuries.