{"id":40132,"date":"2020-05-09T15:13:05","date_gmt":"2020-05-09T07:13:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=40132"},"modified":"2020-12-06T22:53:45","modified_gmt":"2020-12-06T14:53:45","slug":"40132","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/silverhairsclub.com\/?p=40132","title":{"rendered":"Our Peranakan friends among us"},"content":{"rendered":"

Singapore Peranakan culture can be traced to their links in Malacca<\/a>,\u00a0Singapore<\/a>, and\u00a0Penang<\/a>.\u00a0 Originally from the southern provinces of China, the immigrants travelled south to Peninsula Malaysia, inter-married and created a distinct culture Peranakan,\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

According to Laura Wee, Nyonya is the term for women and Baba for men.\u00a0 These terms apply to the populations of\u00a0<\/span>Chinese<\/a>\u00a0descent in the\u00a0<\/span>British<\/a>\u00a0<\/span>Straits Settlements and <\/a>the island of <\/span>Java<\/a> and other locations, which have adopted the <\/span>Nusantara<\/a> customs and most have lived for <\/span>generations along the S<\/span>traits of Malacca<\/a>.\u00a0 Peranakans\u00a0are usually educated and are able to speak the father’s language and mother’s dialect.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

We have a number of members who are Peranakans.\u00a0 Some of whom I know include Kenneth Tan, Agnes Seow,\u00a0 Sue Chan, Laura Wee and Catherine Soon.\u00a0 I also remember Ronald Wie.\u00a0 Keys words associated with Peranakan include Malacca, Penang, Phuket, Peranakan food, baju kebaya and the sarong.<\/p>\n

Since our first fashion parade, and for a long time, I have wanted to gather the Peranakans together.\u00a0 We shall form the Peranakan group now, and if you are Peranakan, please WhatsApp “Peranakan” to +65 9489 4360.\u00a0 We shall gather you together to share your family history, culture, traditions, dress and food.<\/p>\n