Baba-Nyonya Wedding with a Peranakan Dining

Baba-Nyonya Wedding with a Peranakan Dining Experience
Written by Administrator II
Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:57 - Last Updated Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:08
BY CK LAM
Baba-Nyonya wedding ceremony is fast disappearing and forgotten by many except for a
handful of the older generation. In the heritage town of Penang, there has been a strong call for
couples to revive this heritage by taking their vows in this traditional style. Won’t it be a lovely
change for couples to wed in a truly unique traditional showcase of rich and colourful
Baba-Nyonya culture?
The wedding ceremony of the Baba-Nyonya is one of the fascinating and colorful wedding
ceremonies around town. The wedding is actually held over a twelve days ritual starting with the
exchange of gifts between the couple’s parents which is then follow by a elaborate stream of
traditional process, including the “cheow tao” ceremony to initiate the bride and groom into
adulthood, the tea ceremony, the use of sedan chair to fetch the bride, and the lifting of the
bride’s veil.
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Baba-Nyonya Wedding with a Peranakan Dining Experience
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Baba-Nyonya Wedding with a Peranakan Dining Experience
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:57 - Last Updated Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:08
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Baba-Nyonya Wedding with a Peranakan Dining Experience
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Tuesday, 26 October 2010 13:57 - Last Updated Tuesday, 26 October 2010 18:08
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for for
photography
restaurants
experience.
isand
George
an dining
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place
venues.
for a
Sri
Nyonya
Cafe
102-E-2,
New
World
Park
102
Jalan
Burmah
10050
Georgetown
Penang
Tel:Batik
04
2288
919
Business
Hour:
11
am
–as11
pm
Written
by
CK
Lam,
food
review
writer
and
editor
ofNyonya
http://www.what2seeonline.com
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and
Best
loves
of
promoting
Penang
Food.
Penang
She
Cuisines,
constantly
Culture
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and
Penang
Heritage.
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