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This longtime Malaysian fashion icon was originally a long, straight, Arab-inspired top of plain woven cotton. The Nyonyas, the women of the early Peranakan community, gradually transformed it into a shapely, embroidered, translucent blouse, fastened with a set of chained brooches and worn with a matching hand-drawn batik sarong.
Sheer, romantic, alluring, yet sedate, the designs of Nyonya kebaya crosses several generations and cultures.
This book showcases the collection of Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
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Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Abdullah Badawi, is a passionate proponent of local arts. She has been collecting Nyonya kebaya and accessories for over a decade.
This longtime Malaysian fashion icon was originally a long, straight, Arab-inspired top of plain woven cotton. The Nyonyas, the women of the early Peranakan community, gradually transformed it into a shapely, embroidered, translucent blouse, fastened with a set of chained brooches and worn with a matching hand-drawn batik sarong.
Sheer, romantic, alluring, yet sedate, the designs of Nyonya kebaya crosses several generations and cultures.
This book showcases the collection of Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia.
About the Author
Datin Seri Endon Mahmood, wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Abdullah Badawi, is a passionate proponent of local arts. She has been collecting Nyonya kebaya and accessories for over a decade.
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Straits Chinese, Straits-born Chinese, Baba Chinese, Baba (and their womenfolk Nyonya) and Peranakan are terms used interchangeably in Malaysia to describe the Baba Nyonya community, a subethnic group of the Peranakan Chinese community whose culture and lifestyle is a fusion of predominantly Chinese and Malay influences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
baju panjang, cucuk sanggul, beaded shoes, batik sarong, embroidery motifs, embroidery work, satin stitch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Baba Nyonya, Peter Wee, Malay Peninsula, Straits Settlements, Peranakan Chinese, Lim Swee Kim, Southeast Asian, Straits Chinese, Raymond Kwok, Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, Patricia Teh Siew Cheng, Samad Said, Second World War, Strait of Malacca New!
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Straits Chinese, Straits-born Chinese, Baba Chinese, Baba (and their womenfolk Nyonya) and Peranakan are terms used interchangeably in Malaysia to describe the Baba Nyonya community, a subethnic group of the Peranakan Chinese community whose culture and lifestyle is a fusion of predominantly Chinese and Malay influences. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
baju panjang, cucuk sanggul, beaded shoes, batik sarong, embroidery motifs, embroidery work, satin stitch Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Baba Nyonya, Peter Wee, Malay Peninsula, Straits Settlements, Peranakan Chinese, Lim Swee Kim, Southeast Asian, Straits Chinese, Raymond Kwok, Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion, Patricia Teh Siew Cheng, Samad Said, Second World War, Strait of Malacca New!
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- Twilight of the nyonyas by Kee Onn Chin in Back Matter
- Fabric of Enchantment: Batik from the North Coast of Java by Rens Heringa in Back Matter
- One Hundred Years' History of the Chinese in Singapore (Oxford in Asia Hardback Reprints) by Ong Siang Song in Back Matter
- Malaysia and Singapore (Eyewitness Travel Guides) by DK Publishing in Back Matter
- Like Tigers round a Piece of Meat: The Baba Style of Dondang Sayang (Local history and memoirs / Institute of Southeast Asian Studies) by Phillip L. Thomas in Back Matter
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