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September 29, 2014

VIDEO: Baba and Nyonya heritage museum

The BRATs participants in Malacca visited the museum on the historic Heeren Street to learn more about Peranakan Chinese culture.

We got a tour from the museum’s lead tour guide, Christina Ong,and also interviewed its curator, Melissa Chan, whose great-great-grandfather bought the house which has now been repurposed into the museum.

Check out the video made by the BRATs below.

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