Calling all Babas, Nyonyas! There will be a Peranakan Chinese New Year Mass on Sunday 22nd January 2012 at 11.00pm Church of the Holy Family, 6, Chapel Road. This Sambot Kepala Taon Baru Naga mass will be celebrated in Baba Malay by Rev. Fr. Alfred Chan. All Nyonyas are invited to attend the mass in [...]
Dear Members, We hope this message finds you in the pink of health! The Peranakan Association Singapore (TPAS) is proud to announce a special initiative in celebration of our 111th anniversary: Peranakan 111 – a selection of songs with a contemporary twist! Sing along to evergreen favourites from our very own choir, The Peranakan [...]
The Peranakan Magazine committee would like to hear from you, our community, with respect to the content for the next four issues of our magazine. We have selected four themes for 2012, and are seeking your input. Please let us know of any subjects, ideas or specific topics you would like us to explore under [...]
In a recent press announcement by LTA, some parts of Bukit Brown will have to make way for the expansion of Lornie Road. We are a social group of interested persons dedicated to “Save Bukit Brown”. This group is lead by Raymond Goh co-founder of Asia Paranormal Investigators who has been conducting tours, discovering and documenting the tombs of our forefathers at Bukit Brown, also known as “kopi sua” dari dula kala. Some of the residents of Bukit Brown are Peranakans.
Artist-photographer Chris Yap Wooi-Hoe is the man behind The Peranakan Magazine’s cover photograph (Issue 3, 2011). He also created a series of five photographs exploring gender, symbolism and change in Peranakan culture. The work was exhibited at the NUS Baba House and at the Musée Quai Branly in Paris. Read more about his passion for art in our web-exclusive interview.
We are happy to inform you that the 24th Baba Nyonya Convention will be held from the 25th – 27th November 2011 in Penang.
The Peranakan Forums was taken down in 2010 and it’s now back up online. We hope that you will enjoy this resource and add to this fresh perspective. New users will have to log in using Facebook connect!
Every year, the various sister Peranakan Associations of Singapore, Melaka, and Penang ( at that time Phuket had not joined yet) would host the Baba Convention. A weekend where the members and friends of the participating associations will gather at the host’s city and talk about matters concerning perserving, and continuing the Peranakan culture and of course mingle, makan + joget.
We would like to give you, loyal readers of The Peranakan Magazine, a chance to determine the content for our next cover feature! Please vote for your five favourite theatre practitioners from the list below. A special feature will be created on the five practitioners who receive the most votes for our next issue.