Pinang Peranakan Museum turns 10
The anniversary featured a book launch and fashion and jewellery show
It was an auspicious night for the Pinang Peranakan Museum as it celebrated its 10th anniversary at a hotel here recently.
One of the highlights of the evening was the launch of the Straits Chinese Gold Jewellery book, the third book after Pinang Peranakan Mansion and Hai Ji Zia Zhu by the museum.
The book celebrates beauty, elegance and the extravagance of Baba Nyonya jewellery.
The author, Lillian Tong, is a fifth generation Penang Nyonya and also the museum director of the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum in Penang and Malacca.
As an advocate of Chinese history, heritage and culture in Penang, she has been a curator at exhibitions, a lecturer and has also taken Peranakan heritage and culture to world expositions, conventions and exhibitions abroad.
Guests were treated to a sumptuous dinner and a lion dance to herald the Year of the Horse. The event also showcased Baba Nyonya jewellery from the baju panjang to the sarung kebaya from the early 1800's to the late 1900's.
The highlight of the evening was the Baba Nyonya bridal couple in an antique Chinese Imperial dragon phoenix robe.
Among the guests were foreign dignitaries, leaders of various communities, academicians and experts in the Baba Nyonya culture as well as presidents of the Baba Nyonya associations from Penang and Singapore.
Patron of the Chinese Peranakan Association, Datuk Seri Khoo Keat Siew said the straits Chinese culture or Peranakan culture is an integral part of the larger multi-ethnic community that makes up Penang.
"Penang is a melting pot of of cultures. The nyonyas' worthy contributions particularly in attire and and local cuisine have immeasurable impact that continues to add colour to our community.
"The many customs, rites and rituals are not just inherited but also acquired from the melting pot that Malacca was under the Malay Sultanate, Portuguese, Dutch and British rule.
"I would also like to congratulate Lillian Tong, who is of Peranakan heritage herself for taking us on a journey to discover the importance of gold jewellery in her culture," he added.
The book is perfectly bound and comes in hardcover with a jacket.
It will be available for sale at bookshops and the Peranakan Mansion in late March.
To order the book, call Tong at 012-407 2711 or email naughtynonya@gmail.com.
Models dressed in Nyonya outfits with matching jewellery.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
The anniversary featured a book launch and fashion and jewellery show
It was an auspicious night for the Pinang Peranakan Museum as it celebrated its 10th anniversary at a hotel here recently.
One of the highlights of the evening was the launch of the Straits Chinese Gold Jewellery book, the third book after Pinang Peranakan Mansion and Hai Ji Zia Zhu by the museum.
The book celebrates beauty, elegance and the extravagance of Baba Nyonya jewellery.
The author, Lillian Tong, is a fifth generation Penang Nyonya and also the museum director of the Pinang Peranakan Mansion and Straits Chinese Jewellery Museum in Penang and Malacca.
As an advocate of Chinese history, heritage and culture in Penang, she has been a curator at exhibitions, a lecturer and has also taken Peranakan heritage and culture to world expositions, conventions and exhibitions abroad.
Guests were treated to a sumptuous dinner and a lion dance to herald the Year of the Horse. The event also showcased Baba Nyonya jewellery from the baju panjang to the sarung kebaya from the early 1800's to the late 1900's.
The highlight of the evening was the Baba Nyonya bridal couple in an antique Chinese Imperial dragon phoenix robe.
Among the guests were foreign dignitaries, leaders of various communities, academicians and experts in the Baba Nyonya culture as well as presidents of the Baba Nyonya associations from Penang and Singapore.
Patron of the Chinese Peranakan Association, Datuk Seri Khoo Keat Siew said the straits Chinese culture or Peranakan culture is an integral part of the larger multi-ethnic community that makes up Penang.
"Penang is a melting pot of of cultures. The nyonyas' worthy contributions particularly in attire and and local cuisine have immeasurable impact that continues to add colour to our community.
"The many customs, rites and rituals are not just inherited but also acquired from the melting pot that Malacca was under the Malay Sultanate, Portuguese, Dutch and British rule.
"I would also like to congratulate Lillian Tong, who is of Peranakan heritage herself for taking us on a journey to discover the importance of gold jewellery in her culture," he added.
The book is perfectly bound and comes in hardcover with a jacket.
It will be available for sale at bookshops and the Peranakan Mansion in late March.
To order the book, call Tong at 012-407 2711 or email naughtynonya@gmail.com.
Models dressed in Nyonya outfits with matching jewellery.
~News courtesy of New Straits Times~
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