Makanan di Melaka

Almost every culture in the world can be identified by its cuisine. It bonds a people and unites the world. Melaka with its complex history has a fusionistic food culture. Perhaps the best example in Melaka, is its Peranakan food. Peranakan cuisine is a combination of Chinese, Malay and Indian influences. Among the places you…

Cheng Ho and the Chinese in Melaka

The Chinese first landed in Malacca two years after the Sultanate was founded, before the colonial powers. Then came the traders led by Admiral Cheng Ho. Cheng Ho was an imperial eunuch from the Muslim Hui community in China, who was instrumental in the usurpation of the throne for Zhu Di who became the Yongle…

Melaka’s 400 years of colonial history

In 1509, Diogo Lopes de Sqeuqira was sent to by the Portugese Crown to analyse the trading potential of Malacca and Madagascar. When de Sequeira arrived in Melaka he discovered a plot by the sultan Mahmud Shah to have him assasinated. He fleed Malacca and returned to Goa in India, some of his men were…

The Malacca Sultanate and its heros

The establishment of the Malacca Sultanate by Iskandar Shah would prove to be alot more successful than his reign over Singapura. The location of Malacca with its deep harbour enabled, Iskandar Shah to set up a trading port. Piracy was an issue so local Orang Laut were tasked with anti-piracy efforts. Within a few years…

Malacca the heart of Modern Malaysia, an Introduction

Malacca, the most historical state in Malaysia. It is the spiritual home of the Federation of Malaysia that has risen today, the source from which the northern nation, and its present ethnic diversity takes its roots. Malacca’s history begins in present day Singapore, with the last sultan of Singapura (there was a Kingdom of Singapura…

Peranakans and their Museum

The Peranankans, a unique group of people found along the Malayan Peninsula. They are not a racial group, or an ethnic group. They are an ancestral group. The name peranakan is a malay word that means ‘descendant of’ or ‘child of’. This word is used to describe people of mixed ethnic origin. Between who? It…