dying peranakan culture

its the peranakan fever~~~

ok.
seriously, i would say its a dying culture.
also.
a culture that has evolved to nothing-ness.
gradually. i mean.

face the fact.
you need to have a museum to "preserve" the culture.
btw, erm... there are certain items displayed in the museum which i dont understand what's the use.
for example, dick lee's medal, and his score sheet.
has the items been part of a practice of peranakan culture? eh.

you see.
its not an identity that is constantly reinforced among people.
nor a ethnic group(race) like Chinese, Indian, Malay.
in the case of Singapore, for instance.

its not in your IC.
it may be in your blood.
do you know it?

ok.
strictly speaking.
it was (mixed) inter-racial marriages that led to a new group of people called peranakan. >>> mix of Chinese, Malay, Indian
so... why werent the people born in inter-racial marriage nowadays called peranakan?

in layman's term.
they stopped the membership since hundreds of years back.

you know what.
i'm kinda shocked by this.
peranakan.org.sg
Interested in becoming a Peranakan Association member?
Please click here to fill in the membership form and post it back to us with a cheque of SGD103.00 payable to "The Peranakan Association".
come on,
sign up,
it'll make you a peranakan....
worse.
they added this line at the end.
"You don't need to be a Peranakan to join."

ok.
it is not a product, though.
i just dont like the fact that people are trying to commodify the culture, saying that they're reviving the culture, but hey, is anybody practising it?
you dont revive a dying culture by watching The Little Nyonya. [i like the show.]
nor does it make you 'feel' like a peranakan by eating the kueh you bought at Bengawan Solo.

ok.
get back to work on Emily of the Emerald Hill.
[p.s. i interpret the intention of the writer that she would agree that its a dying culture.]