I love everything about Malacca/Melaka, the culture, food, building, people, scenery and etc.
I went to The Baba Nyonya Heritage (private house converted to a small museum) in my last trip, a very remarkable experience. During the visit, we were not allowed to take any pictures. However, I managed to bought some postcards.
The Baba Nyonya Heritage
48/50, Jalan Tun Tan Cheng Lock
75200 Malacca.
Malaysia
Introduction about the Baba Nyonya
The Babas and Nyonyas are descendants of the Chinese who intermarried with the local women.
The men are known as the 'Babas' and the women 'Nyonyas'.
The Babas and Nyonyas are said to be very Chinese in spirit and tradition but Malay in form. Also known as the 'Straits-Born' Chinese or 'Peranakans', they speak the Malay patois which is Malay mixed with Chinese phrases.
A traditional Baba Nyonya Wedding or Peranakan Wedding is loaded with complex rites preparations and numerous ceremonies which lasts up to 12 days! It’s a very tedious process (both in preparations, time and money) that most of the younger generation prefers to skip some of the ceremonies.
Similar like their Chinese counterpart, the Peranakan put a great emphasis on choosing auspicious dates and times. However, their taboos are much more and strictly observed than the Chinese.
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The Baba Nyonya Heritage place is an excellent place to visit. I was there a couple of years ago.I witnessed a peranakan wedding when I was a young girl at my god-sister's wedding.
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