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Mixed communities
Communities shaped by many roots, and the stories they keep.
WHERE THE STORIES ON THIS SHELF HAPPENED. SHAPES ARE SCHEMATIC.
Stories on this shelf
11 written, 7 coming soon
Peranakan Chinese (Baba Nyonya): a Chinese-Malay way of life
A culture of kebaya, beads and a language of its own.
Mixed communities · 4 min readNyonya cooking: laksa, kuih and the pantry of two worlds
Food that tells you where a family came from.
Mixed communities · 4 min readChitty Melaka: the Peranakan Indians
A Tamil-Malay community founded in the 1400s.
Mixed communities · 4 min readJawi Peranakan: the Malay-Indian Muslims of Penang
A Penang community of Indian-Muslim and Malay descent.
Mixed communities · 4 min readKristang: the Portuguese Eurasians of Melaka
Descendants of Portuguese settlers who speak a Portuguese creole.
Mixed communities · 4 min readSino-Kadazan: a Chinese and Kadazan family
Chinese-Dusun families of Sabah.
Mixed communities · 4 min readMixed families of Malaysia: why most of us are mixed
A neutral look at how all of us carry several stories.
Mixed communities · 4 min readThe Baba Malay language
A Malay with Hokkien words, spoken at home.
Mixed communities · 4 min readThe Baba wedding: 12 days of rites
The wedding is a mini-theatre of Peranakan custom.
Mixed communities · 4 min readPapia Kristang: a language of the sea
Portuguese words grew a new tongue in Melaka.
Mixed communities · 4 min readSino-Iban, Sino-Bidayuh and the Sarawak mix
Chinese-Dayak families in Sarawak towns.
Nyonya beadwork and kasut manik
Hand-sewn beaded slippers from Melaka and Penang.
Chitty food, dress and the Kampung Tujuh
How they keep Tamil roots with Malay habits.
Dutch Eurasians: the Burgher families
Descendants of Dutch settlers, many with Dutch surnames.
British Eurasians: Anglo-Indian and Straits families
Families of mixed British, Indian and Malay descent.
Indian-Malay mixed families: Jawi Pekan and Mamak
Descendants of South Indian Muslim traders and Malay women.
Thai-Chinese and Siamese-Chinese mixed families
Northern families with Siamese and Chinese roots.
Cocos Malay and Christmas Island families
Descendants of island workers who came to Sabah.
