Monday, June 10, 2013

Photo Diary Flashback: Touring Georgetown! (Part 4: 小娘惹)

Penang boasts its rich cultural heritage of the Baba and Nyonya community as well as Malacca. Here in Penang, let me show you the legacy of the Chinese Peranakans in the Malaysian Pearl of Orient-all in the Baba and Nyonya Heritage Museum!


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A door of Peranakan style
 
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The courtyard
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Pictures of the ancestors
 
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ROGER: Let it rain over me...
HO: My roomie's crazy and I'm HANDSOME.


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Jade chair
 
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An intricately-carved décor in front of a mirror
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Mahjong with my group mates... hehe
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Marble furniture
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Intricately and meticulously carved and decorated dressing mirror
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Guest room with chairs and drawings of ancestors
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Glass flowers
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Colourful painted ceramic dinnerware
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Blue and white ceramic dinnerware
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Pink ceramic dinnerware
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Nyonya Beaded shoes 娘惹珠鞋
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Bridal bed
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Colourful and beautiful Nyonya Kebaya... I wish I was slim enough to wear a Kebaya LOL

To be continued...

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