Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Religion


Baba Nyona subscribed to Chinese belief : Taoism , Confucianism and Chinese , Buddhism celebrated the lunar New Year and the Lantern Festival , while adopting the customs of the Land they settled in , as well as those of their colonial rulers .


There are traces of Portuguese , Dutch , British , Malay and Indonesian influences n Baba


Nonya Families were and still are Catholic




Baba Nyona are a subgroup within Chines communities , are the descendants of Sinoindienous
unions in Melaka , Penang , and Indonesia .

It was not uncommon for Chinese traders to take Malay / Indonesian women of Peninsular Malay / Sumatera / Javanese as wives or concubines.


Consequently the Baba Nyona possessed a mix of cultural traits .

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