So this was one of my outings in the last two weeks. I had a great time going, however if I were to visit Singapore this is probably not one of the things I visit. Singapore has a lot of museums and sites to see that I would consider before this one... there is a lot to see here.
This is the Malay Heritage Center that is a museum (as you probably picked up on that) among other things. For example some fun activities that the Malay Heritage Centre conducts are movie nights on the open terrace (area in front of the building in the picture above), puts on plays, has Malay game afternoon for the kiddos and more.
Now for some pictures from the museum and small captions.
A Malay Sultans ceremonial belt buckle & seal
(19th century)
Medallion
(19th century)
Medallion
(19th century)
These hats belong to Javanese merchant who settled in the 19th Century and lived in the Gedung Kuning (The Yellow Mansion - picture further down)
Jewelry
1. top left - Chinese coins (between 17th - 19th centuries)
2. top right - Dutch East India Company coins (between 1760 - 1820)
3. bottom left - recovered coins with Jawi inscriptions (between 18th - 20th centuries)
4. Earthen "coins" with fine lines (around 14th century)
Gedung Kuning (the Yellow Mansion)
Note: this building serves as a restaurant
You may have noticed a lot of the pictures above represent items from the 19th century, Singapore became the Republic of Singapore in 1965, thus being a new country. The 'modern' Singapore was founded around 1819 as a British colony, became apart of Japan from 1942-1945, was apart of Malaysia from 1962-1965, and as mentioned became the Republic of Singapore in 1965. Considering the history and the geographical Singapore is somewhat of a melting pot of many different cultures. It has a make up of the following ethnic cultures (this information is from 2010):
Chinese 74.1%
Malay 13.4%
Indian 9.2%
Others 3.3%
During my time here and as time progresses, I look forward to seeing this country continue to mold itself as the Republic of Singapore.
Below are a couple of places that we walked by during the course of this outing.
beautiful Mosque near Arab Street
beautiful Mosque near Arab Street
a fun shop along near Arab Street
pretty glass bead necklaces
stone necklaces that are shaped and painted
stone necklaces that are shaped and painted again
Thank you for reading my blog... Take Care, Dana
Some information in this entry was from Wikipedia
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