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our home assignment is to go and research BABA NYONYA.
I still remember lecturer teach us that, researching can be focus in different channels and medias.
Last Friday whole MM085-1 had a NICE trip to Malacca to visit the Baba Nyonya Museum.
It let me learn a lot, know a lot about the Baba nyonya.
I have a different cognitive about baba nyonya.
actually, they won't use chopstick to have their meal, they used to use hand.
actually, cendol and ABC was made by them, and also asam laksa.
actually, they speak malay wear malay but their culture more follow chinese.
actually, they can eat pork, they are not Muslim or malay.
actually, the design of their architecture is very DAMN nice, I love it very much~~^^
and also got a lot actually after I explore or research more on Baba Nyonya.
I learn a lot.
In addition to visit to Malacca and do a lot research through internet, I also spend quite a lot of time to watch a drama from singapore called "the little nyonya".
Whole drama is talking about a nyonya life.
Whole drama is full of Baba Nyonya culture, impact and interesting.
So, I decided to show some information which is from this drama, and actually we won't get these informations from other channels or places.(maybe got but i din realize?)
first, is the lantern from baba nyonya. these few pics is i printscreen from the drama.
information about Lantern of Baba Nyonya:
- lantern is made with white cotton, after many years then just become yellowish.
- in chinese, they believe that put sky lantern in front of their house got meaning of "add more child", because "天灯” sounds like "添丁”, so Baba also got sky lantern but is in round shape. Their lantern which is being hang in front of their house is in cylindrical shape, and they write their surname on it.
- Other than surname, they also will paint some painting on backside of the lantern, "八仙图" and “仙女下凡图”. "八仙图" represents men, the lantern with this painting on it actually will be hang on at left side of the main door. "仙女下凡图” represents women, lantern with this painting on it will be hang on at right side of the main door.
- most of the lanterns, the surname on it actually looks like "X府", except "wong" surname, "王”, they just can only write "王" but not "王府", because “王府” means the house of the emperor.
