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URL:https://www.peranakan.org.sg/events/being-peranakan-who-truly-belongs/
SUMMARY:Being Peranakan: Who Truly Belongs?
DESCRIPTION:About the Programme\nIs being “born of the land” enough to 
 be called Peranakan?    In today’s Singapore\, where immigration is re
 shaping our social fabric\, the word Peranakan takes on new meaning. Can C
 hinese\, Malay\, Indian\, Eurasian\, and Arab Singaporeans—born and bred
  here over generations—claim this identity too?    Join us for a vibra
 nt discussion on what it means to be Peranakan today. In our Show and Tell
 \, we welcome members of the audience to bring an item of heritage be it a
  photograph\, piece of textile\, a musical instrument or kitchen tool with
  its story to share. We end with a singalong of favourite Peranakan songs.
     Presentation is organised by Chakap Baba-Nyonya group.\n\nAbout the 
 Speakers\nOur guest moderator is Dr Margaret Chan. Nyonya Margaret is famo
 usly known as writer\, screen and stage actor in local productions. Most n
 otably is her role of Emily of Emerald Hill. She holds a doctorate in thea
 tre/performance studies from the University of London. She is an anthropol
 ogist\, a former professor at SMU and wrote on Chinese spirit medium worsh
 ip.\n\nNyonya Cynthia Wee-Hoefer\, 73\, a former journalist and fashion ed
 itor now devoting her efforts in promoting her Chinese Peranakan culture. 
 She co-founded Chakap Baba-Nyonya with Baba Richard Tan to gather like-min
 ded individuals with a passion for propagating and preserving the Baba Nyo
 nya culture by transcribing Peranakan plays for archiving\; reading aloud 
 scripts and stories in Baba Malay and keeping the language alive through t
 heir social interaction. The group has grown and is reaching out to the pu
 blic with events like Being Peranakan and Chakap Masak at various institut
 ions.\n\nBaba Richard Tan’s main interest is a revival of all things Per
 anakan to pass on the culture and heritage to the next generation. He orga
 nises cultural festivals\, writes new plays\, produces new musical works\,
  and curates Peranakan lifestyle fashion &amp\; handicraft events. He is t
 he Artistic Director of GenerAsia and co-founder of Singapore’s only pro
 fessional cultural arts and Peranakan theatre company ‘The Main Wayang C
 ompany’ in 2004. He has dedicated most of his time to this Peranakan the
 atre company\, directing several plays.\n\nOther distinguished participant
 s include Baba Ronney Tan Koon Siang from The Peranakan Association of Sin
 gapore\, Nyonya Merlin Pillay from The Peranakan Indian (Chitty Melaka) As
 sociation\, Afra Alatas and Haady Mattar from Arab Network @ S and\, Sandr
 a Theseira and Percival Shepherdson from the Eurasian Association.
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