The Baba of Melaka: Culture and Identity of a Chinese Peranakan Community in Malaysia |
Contents
PRESENTDAY BABA AND ETHNIC IDENTITY | 3 |
DEVELOPMENT OF BABA SOCIETY | 45 |
DISTRIBUTION POPULATION AND SETTLEMENT | 67 |
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According acculturation adopted altar ancestors areas Association Author Baba Chinese Baba identity Baba Malay become Boon British Bukit Rambai called century characters Cheong China Chinese language Chinese Peranakan close culture customs deceased deities described dialect distinct dress early English especially ethnic group ethnic identity example fact father festival follow front funeral give groom hall Hokkien households identify immigrants important individuals influence interaction kind kinship label language Lim Boon Keng live Malacca Malaya Malaysia marriage married means Melaka mentioned non-Baba Chinese Note nyonya observed offerings origin parents past Penang performed Plate political population published refer relatives religion rite ritual schools seen side Singapore social society Song sons speak speech group Standard Straits Chinese symbols temple term Town traditional translation usually various village wear wedding women worship