Adat & Upacara Kaum Serani

Adat&upacara kaum serani

Serani merujuk kepada suatu bangsa di Malaysia yang berasal dari Portugis dan menganut agama
Katolik Roman.Menurut Banci Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000, jumlah penduduk Serani dinegara ini
ialah seramai 12,650 orang dan kebanyakannya bertumpu di Melaka dan Pulau Pinang. Antara
orang Serani yang terkenal ialah Tony Fernandes pemilik syarikat penerbangan AirAsia. Istilah
Serani juga digunakan secara umum bagi merujuk kepada semua orang yang berkacukan darah
Asia dan Eropah. Kebanyakkan masyarakat serani di Melaka tinggal di PerkampunganPortugis
atau Portuguese Settlement, terletak lebih kurang 5 Km di kawasanUjong Pasir,Melaka.
Pengunjung yang datang daripada Pusat BandarMelaka, Banda Hilir, atau Muara Sungai Melaka
melalui Jalan Parameswara,Jalan Bukit China, sampailah di Jalan Ujong Pasir dengan menaiki
kereta,basikal atau beca. Perkampungan initerletak ditepi pantai. Pantainyalandaidan menjadi
tempat hidupan marin sebagai kerang, udang dan ikan mengikutmusim. Keadaan geografi ini
telah menarik kaum ini menetap di sini dantelah menjadikan laut sebagai sumber pendapatan
mereka. MasyarakatPortugis mula-mula datang ke sini di sekitar tahun 1511 selepas pihak
Portugismenawan Melaka.

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Serani
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Serani merujuk kepada suatu bangsa di Malaysia yang berasal dari Portugis dan menganut
agama Roman Katolik.[1] Menurut Banci Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000, jumlah penduduk Serani di
negara ini ialah seramai 12,650 orang dan kebanyakannya bertumpu di Melaka dan Pulau
Pinang. Antara orang Serani yang terkenal ialah Tony Fernandes pemilik syarikat penerbangan
AirAsia. Istilah Serani juga digunakan secara umum bagi merujuk kepada semua orang yang
berkacukan darah Asia dan Eropah.

Masyarakat Serani mempunyai kebudayaan dan asal usul yang unik serta menarik.

http://ms.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serani

Serani merujuk kepada suatu bangsa di Malaysia yang berasal dari Portugis dan menganut agama
Katolik Roman.Menurut Banci Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000, jumlah penduduk Serani dinegara ini ialah
seramai 12,650 orang dan kebanyakannya bertumpu di Melaka dan Pulau Pinang. Antara orang Serani
yang terkenal ialah Tony Fernandes pemilik syarikat penerbangan AirAsia. Istilah Serani juga digunakan
secara umum bagi merujuk kepada semua orang yang berkacukan darah Asia dan Eropah. Kebanyakkan
masyarakat serani di Melaka tinggal di PerkampunganPortugis atau Portuguese Settlement, terletak
lebih kurang 5 Km di kawasanUjong Pasir,Melaka. Pengunjung yang datang daripada Pusat
BandarMelaka, Banda Hilir, atau Muara Sungai Melaka melalui Jalan Parameswara,Jalan Bukit China,
sampailah di Jalan Ujong Pasir dengan menaiki kereta,basikal atau beca. Perkampungan initerletak ditepi
pantai. Pantainyalandaidan menjadi tempat hidupan marin sebagai kerang, udang dan ikan
mengikutmusim. Keadaan geografi ini telah menarik kaum ini menetap di sini dantelah menjadikan laut
sebagai sumber pendapatan mereka. MasyarakatPortugis mula-mula datang ke sini di sekitar tahun
1511 selepas pihak Portugismenawan Melaka.

Perkampunganini mempunyai lebih kurang 2000 penduduk sekarang berbangsa portugis danramai
memiliki rumah sendiri. Kerajaan Negeri Melaka telah mengeluarkangeran tapak kepada penduduk di
sini. Aktiviti sosial mereka adalah padahari Ahad di sekitar Gereja. Hampir keseluruhan kaum ini
beragama Kristiandan terdapat beberapa keluarga yang telah kahwin campur dengan kaum Cinadan
memeluk agama Buddha. Ada yang telah masuk Islam dan berkahwin denganwantia Melayu.Jalan-
jalanyang terdapat di sini adalah Albuquerque Avenue, Sequeira AvenueErediaAvenue, Ruas Avenue.
Pewrkataan Avenue sekarang telah ditukarkan kepadaJalan .Terdapatjuga Canossa College, sekarang
digelar Sek.Men. Canossa

Nama-namaorang portugis di sini adalah seperti Diogo Lopes de Squeira, Vasco deGama, Alfonso de
Albuquerque, Bairro Irmas Cnossianas, Castello de Paiva,Antonio de Almedida, Caminho de Letores,
Gerard de Fernandis dan sebagainyakebanyakan nama mirip Latin Amerika.Padaasal mereka adalah
nelayan bergantung pada laut untuk mencari rezeki. Ramaianak-cucu mereka tidak lagi mengikuti jejak
langkah nenek moyang mereka membuat kerjanelayan, tetapi telah berpelajaran tinggi dan memegang
jawatan di sektorswasta dan pejabat kerajaan. Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Melaka, Tuan AnselmCharles
Fernandis adalah portugis berasala dari sini. Perkampungan merekatelah menjadi tarikan pelancong
kerana mereka mempunyai kebudayaan tersendiridengan lagu dan tarian mereka. Mereka juga
mempunyai bahasa sendiri, Christang(Christ Tongue) dan baju tradisional sendiri. Lagu Jingli Nona yang
terkenaladalah dalam bahasa postugis.Memandangkansumbangan mereka kepada pembangunan
industri pelancongan, masyarakat Portugistelah dibenarkan membeli Amanah Saham Nasional oleh
Kerajaan Pusat.

KetuaKampung mereka di gelar REGEDOR, wakil komuniti kepada KerajaanMelakaDi sebelah pejabat
Regedorterdapat Medan Portugis(Praca Portuguesa) , yang mempunyai kedai-kedaiyang menjual
cenderahati dan kraftangan buatan kaum nelayan.
Masihramai lagi yang meneruskan aktiviti menangkap ikan sebagai hobi atau untukmenambahkan
pendapatan.

http://mforum.cari.com.my/viewthread.php?tid=263834
-Ini pula adalah makanan dan cara kaum serani makan.
-Mereka merupakan cara-cara barat kerana memakan dengan garfu dan sudu besi.
-Kaum serani merupakan memakan makanan yang berkhasiat.
-Ini kerana mereka jarang menggunakan makanan-makanan yang mendatangkan lemak bagi
mereka.
-Kaum lain pun ada menggunakan cara-cara kaum serani untuk makan

-Ini adalah makanan-makanan campuran

dari segi perkauman.
-Orang serani juga mencuba menggunakan 'chopsticks' untuk memakan.
-Ini menunjukkan bahawa setiap kaum
boleh mencuba tradisi mereka.
-Mereka boleh berkongsi makanan,pakaian serta
budaya mereka masing-masing.
-Dengan cara sebegini,ia dapat merapatkan
persahabatan antara berbilang kaum.
-Ini membolehkan setiap kaum memahami dan mengerti
mengenai tradisi antara kaum.

-Ini adalah pakaian tradisional kaum serani

-Kebanyakkan kali mereka memakai pakaian sebegini pada acara majlis perkahwinan.

http://ohm-vespa90.blogspot.com/2007/07/keharmonian-kaum.html
Im a Serani my self.Let me explain to you. Well Serani has its own unique culture.We are called
Portuguese Eurasian.We have our own Settlement in Malacca.

Why it is unique?

Let me explain.. Serani is a mix breed between Portuguese Man with local women(Malays) during the
15th century.Why?

-Was encourage by the King of Portugal to marry local women

-To spread Christianity.

Later on when the shariah law was established in the 19th century they intend to marry chinese or
indian rather than malay why?

-they dont want to alter their religion(Roman Catholic)

How do i know if the person is a serani?

-well my best answer i can give through their sir names? like de costa, de silva, danker, goonting, cruz
-the way they speak...people brought up in the Portuguese Settlement have their own slang.

P/S:Some Still have the Portuguese Looks....

Do serani have their own language?

Yes we do it call Kristang.Google It.Its a mixture of portuguese and malay

Why there is such complicated races like this?

Why ask me..ask my ancestors.

Do they have this kind of races else where?

yes...Goa and Macau..

Google it.

What festival do they celebrate?

Well..we still follow the portuguese tradition in Portugal.

-San Juang
-San Pedro
-Christmas
-Water Day.

Conclusion. Althought its been 500 years we still maintain our tradition and culture.

Wanna know More?

Google
Kristang People
Kristang Language

Notiable People

Jeanne Abdullah(Badawi Wife)

Hans Isacc(Actor)
Tony Fernandiz(CEO AirAsia)

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Kristang people
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The Kristang are a creole Eurasian ethnic group of people of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan
descent based in Malaysia and Singapore. Some people of this ethnicity also have Dutch and
British heritage as well as Chinese, Indian and other Asian heritage due to intermarriage, which
was common among the Kristang. In addition to this due to the Portuguese Inquisition in the
region a lot of the Jews of Malacca assimilated into the Kristang community. [1] The creole group
arose in Malacca (Malaysia) between the 16th and 17th centuries, when the city was a port and
base of the Portuguese. Some descendants speak a distinctive Kristang language, a creole based
on Portuguese. Today the government classifies them as Portuguese Eurasians.

The Kristang language is formally called Malacca-Melayu Portuguese Creole, made up of

elements of each. [2] The Malay language, or Bahasa Malaysia, as it is now called in Malaysia,
has changed to incorporate many Kristang words. For example, garfu is Kristang for "fork" and
almari is Kristang for "cupboard"; the Malay language incorporated these Kristang words whole.

Scholars believe the Kristang community originated in part from liaisons and marriages between
Portuguese men (sailors, soldiers, traders, etc.) and local native women. The men came to
Malacca during the age of Portuguese explorations, and in the early colonial years, Portuguese
women did not settle in the colony. Portuguese married mostly women of Malay ethnicity, but
also those of Chinese or Indian descent. Today intermarriage occurs more frequently between
Kristang and people of Chinese and Indian ethnicity rather than Malay because of endogamous
religious laws. These require non-Muslims intending to marry Malay Muslims or Indian
Muslims first to convert to Islam. Eurasians are not always willing to alter their religious and
cultural identity in this way. Intermarriage of Kristangs and Malays or ex-Muslim Indians mostly
happen, if and only if a Malay or an Indian Muslim converted to Christianity or other religion
before the marriage to a Kristang. In earlier centuries, Portuguese and local Malays were able to
marry without such conversions, because such religious laws did not exist.

The name "Kristang" is sometimes incorrectly used for other people of mixed European and
Asian descent presently living in Malaysia and Singapore. This includes people of Portuguese
descent who were not part of the historical Kristang community, and people with other European
ancestry, such as Dutch or British.

The name comes from the Portuguese creole kristang (Christian), derived from the Portuguese
cristão. A derogatory term for the Portuguese-Malaccan community was Gragok (slang term for
Portuguese geragau or shrimp, referring to the fact that the Portuguese Malaccans were
traditionally shrimp fishermen). The community historically called themselves gente Kristang
(Christian people).
Contents
[hide]

 1 History
o 1.1 Portuguese expeditions
o 1.2 The Dutch takeover
 2 Present status
 3 Kristang culture
o 3.1 Fishing
o 3.2 Religion
o 3.3 Other Religions
o 3.4 Music and dance
o 3.5 Cuisine
o 3.6 Name
 4 Portuguese influence on Malay language
 5 Notable Kristang people
 6 See also (Related ethnic groups)
 7 References
 8 External links

[edit] History
[edit] Portuguese expeditions

Malacca was a major destination in the great wave of sea expeditions launched by Portugal
around the turn of the 16th century, and it eventually was controlled as part of the Portuguese
Empire. The first Portuguese expedition to reach Malacca landed in 1507. The Sejarah Melayu
(Malay Annals) noted that the Malays first called them Bengali Puteh (White Bengalis), as the
Portuguese brought to mind traders from Bengal but were more pale skinned. In the early years,
the Malays called the Portuguese Serani (short for Malay Nasrani, meaning followers of Jesus
the Nazarene.)[3] A story was recorded that the Portuguese landing party inadvertently insulted
the Malaccan sultan by placing a garland of flowers on his head, and he had them detained. In
1511, a Portuguese fleet came from India to free the landing party.

At that time, Portuguese women were barred from traveling overseas due to superstition about
women on ships, as well as the substantial danger of the sea route around cape Horn. Following
the Portuguese colonization of Malacca (Malaysia) in 1511, the Portuguese government
encouraged their explorers to marry local indigenous women, under a policy set by Afonso de
Albuquerque, then Viceroy of India. To promote settlement, the King of Portugal granted
freeman status and exemption from Crown taxes to Portuguese men (known as casados, or
"married men") who ventured overseas and married local women. With Albuquerque's
encouragement, mixed marriages flourished and some 200 were recorded by 1604. By creating
families, the Portuguese men would make more settled communities, with families whose
children would be Catholic and loyal to the Crown.
[edit] The Dutch takeover

A powerful sea power, the rising Dutch nation took Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641. This
coincided with a civil war in Portugal that ended the 60-year period known as the "Union of the
Crowns" (1580–1640), when Portugal was joined to Castilian Spain by political marriage.
Almost all political contact between Portugal and Malacca ended. Portuguese trade relations with
the former colonial outpost of Macau have continued to this day.

Even after Portugal lost Malacca in 1641, the Kristang community largely preserved its
traditions, practicing Catholicism and using Portuguese and Kristang language within the
community.

[edit] Present status

The Kristang community still has surprising cultural and linguistic continuities with today's
Portugal, especially with the Minho region, from where many early settlers emigrated. The
Kristang continue to hold some church services in Portuguese, and Malaysians often refer to the
community as "Portuguese". As the Kristang language is not taught in schools, it is nearing
extinction, with the exception of within the Portuguese Settlement in Ujong Pasir Malacca.

The Kristang in Malaysia do not have the status of bumiputra, which applies to indigenous ethnic
groups, although they can apply to be members of a trust scheme known as Amanah Saham
Bumiputra. This is a privilege shared by Malaysians of Thai decent. The government sponsored
this program to help the Malays increase their participation in the national economy. The
Kristang community in Singapore is part of a larger umbrella group, known generically as the
Eurasian community. Some members have emigrated to Perth, Western Australia over the past
three decades.

The Portuguese Settlement is a thriving Kristang community in Malacca, established in 1933

with the goal of gathering the dispersed Kristang community and preserving their culture. A
simple village of poor fishermen for many decades, it has recently become a major tourist
attraction. This has helped to improve the income of the Kristang population.

[edit] Kristang culture

[edit] Fishing

Since Portuguese times, the Kristang have been living by the sea. It is still an important part of
their culture. Even today, with only 10 percent of the community earning their living by fishing,
many men go fishing to supplement their income or just to relax with their neighbours.
Traditionally men fish from small wooden perahus, or by pushing the langgiang, a traditional
bamboo-poled shrimp net through the shallows.
[edit] Religion

The Kristang are in general practising Roman Catholics. Christmas (Natal) is the most festive
occasion of the year, when many Kristang families get together to celebrate by eating seasonal
dishes, singing carols and branyok, and reveling in saudade. Like many other Portuguese-
speaking Catholic communities around the world, the Kristang also celebrate a string of major
Saints' days at the end of June, beginning with St. John (San Juang) on June 24 and closing with
St. Peter (San Pedro), the fishermen's patron saint, on June 29. The June festival of St. John's
village is a major tourist attraction of Malacca. Tourists come to observe the festivities, which
are religiously based.

[edit] Other Religions

A small number from the Kristang Community are Evangelical Christians, some have become
Muslims due mainly to intermarriage and there are also those who are practicing Jews.

[edit] Music and dance

Kristang music and dance, known as the Branyo, can be easily mistaken for the Malay Joget,
which is believed to have developed from the Branyo. The adoption of western music
instruments and musical scales by traditional Malay and Indian orchestras suggests a strong
Portuguese influence. The most popular branyo tune is "Jingkli Nona", regarded as the unofficial
"anthem" for Portuguese Eurasians in Singapore.

Portuguese fado music is not part of the Kristang culture, since it originated in the 19th century,
after most cultural links with Portugal were cut off. The Kristang culture tends to have more
joyful expression than the characteristic melancholic mood of fado.

[edit] Cuisine

Influenced greatly by other local ethnic cuisines, Kristang food is similar to Malay cuisine, with
the additions of stews and the inclusion of pork in the diet. Some roots of Portuguese-style
cuisine are evident in kristang food; however, it has more of an eastern than western style,
related to years of local influence and ingredients. Early Kristang and other colonials adopted the
same ingredients used by the locals. Many Kristao also eat by hand like the Malay. Typical
Kristang dishes include curry dabel, porku tambrinu (babi asam stew) and pang su si cake.

[edit] Name

Kristang people traditionally have used Portuguese names. Malaysian Muslims of Arab, Malay,
and Indian descent use typical Muslim names.

[edit] Portuguese influence on Malay language

The Portuguese ruled Malacca from 1511 to 1641. About 300 Portuguese words were adopted in
the Malay language. These include:
  kereta (from carreta, car);
 sekolah (from escola, school);
 bendera (from bandeira, flag);
 mentega (from manteiga, butter);
 keju (from queijo, cheese);
 meja (from mesa, table); and
 nenas (from ananás, pineapple).

[edit] Notable Kristang people

Malaysian

 Tun Jeanne Abdullah a.k.a Jeanne Danker - Former First Lady of Malaysia.
 Tony Fernandes - CEO of Air Asia (Aviation Legend).
 Roland Xavier - Well known Malaysian Professor of Entrepreneurship.
 Datuk Eugene Campos - The Hon. Consul of Portugal & Patron of S.A.F.T.E.A. (Selangor and
Federal Territory Eurasian Association). Well known businessman.
 Joan Margaret Marbeck - Malaysian Author - Language Is the Soul of our Kristang Heritage
 Edgar Pinto Xavier - Ambassador for the Secular Humanistic Jewish Movement in Malaysia & the
Far East

Singaporean

 Jeremy Monteiro - Singaporean Jazz Pianist, Singer, Composer and Music Educator.
 Andrew Lim - Singaporean Television star, actor, popular radio broadcaster and Chabad Jewish
Follower.

Australian

 Sarah Marbeck - Malaysian born Australian female model.

 Royston Sta Maria - Well known Singer and Songwriter from Malaysia.

[edit] See also (Related ethnic groups)

 Eurasian – various ethnic groups of mixed European-Asian ancestry

 Anglo-Burmese people - ethnic group from Myanmar
 Burgher people - ethnic group from Sri Lanka
 Eurasian Singaporean - ethnic group from Singapore
 Filipino mestizo - ethnic group from the Philippines
 Indo people - ethnic group from Indonesia
 Macanese people - ethnic group from Macau usually with some Portuguese ancestry
 Mardijker people - ethnic group from Indonesia with Portuguese ancestry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristang_people
Jenti Cristang – the Cristang People
Very little is known, and even less is written, about the Cristang, an ethnic minority in Malaysia. Their origins can be traced to the first
European settlers who came to Asia. Portuguese seafarers were the first to set foot in Malacca - then already a bustling port with a
natural harbour, and all the attributes that would make it a globally renowned, 16th century commercial hub. The heart of all things
Eurasian, in particular all things Portuguese and Dutch in Southeast Asia, is in Malacca. Today Malacca ,today holds the prestigious
award of being acclaimed as a World heritage Site by UNESCO.
 
 
A new ethnic community Serani or Eurasian
Portuguese
The Cristang is a new ethnic community - of
"Cristang" has its roots in the Portuguese word Malay, Indian, Portuguese and Dutch descent.
"cristao"; a nomenclature adopted by the The British called the Cristang "Eurasian" and
mestizos of Malacca to avoid persecution by the local Malays referred to them as "Serani" .
Dutch papists. The Dutch conquered Malacca
around 1641, and remained for 150 years.
During the Dutch occupation of Malacca, the
Cristang were accepted for their European
features, and were favoured with jobs in the
Porta de Santiago
administration. Some Dutch officers even
chose to remain in Malacca by marrying Dutch VOC
Cristang women.

Around 1440 a Sumatran Prince called

Parameswara fled his kingdom of Temasak
(modern day Singapore) after being attacked
by the Majapahit. Legend has it that as he sat
under a tree he saw a mouse deer defend itself Cristang dancers doing the Branyo
against his hunting dogs. Such bravery The Portuguese and Dutch ancestry can be
inspired Parameswara to make his domain noticed in the surnames that the descendents Dutch VOC buildings in Malacca
there. To name the domain, he asked his carry such as Dias, Fernandes, Gomes,
guards the name of the tree he sat under and Lazaroo, Nunis, Pinto, Peris, de Rozario, de  Queen Victoria Fountain
was told that it is the Malacca tree, hence the Souza, de Vries, Goonting, Klyne, Marbeck, de
name of the state. Malacca grew in Witt, Danker, Hendroff, Hendricks, Westerhout
prominence due to its strategic location as a and many others.
port for eastern travels (between March to
October) and western travel (between
November to February). It grew as a spice port
with traders from China, India and the Arabian
Peninsular located there. History records that
the famous Chinese Admiral, Zheng He called
on Malacca in the mid 1400s when the
Emperor of China sent a princess Hang Li Po
to wed Sultan Mansur Shah (1459 - 1477), the
then ruler of Malacca, in response to the
Sultan's request for protection from the
Siamese.
The arrival of the Portuguese
In 1509, Portuguese mariner Lopez de
Sequeira decided Malacca would be the base
of his country’s commerce in the region. Two
years later, Alfonso d’Albuquerque, took
possession of the land and fortified it to
achieve that aim. The ruins of the fort, "A
Famosa", can still be seen in Malacca to this
day.
Map of Malacca
(circa 1630), the
fort surrounds the
entire city.
Cristang Food
The nobles in their galleons may have had
retinues of personal retainers, but it was the
lowly press-ganged deckhand, forced to forage
to survive, who became the cuisine’s prime
mover. Adapting was easy because then – as it
is now – fresh food was abundant, and the
spices on which mercantile capitalism thrived,
were the same that made delectable the bounty
of land and sea. Cristang food is a mélange of
many flavours combined to bring out the best of
East and West. This was when fusion cuisine
was first created.
Cristang Festivals
Intrudo - is celebrated on Sunday preceding Ash
Wednesday and is the last day of merriment
before Lent. It dates back almost 5 centuries
when it was brought to Malacca during the
Portuguese era. People splash water on
everybody and no one in sight is spared a
drenching. Those splashed are given a glass of
wine as a token of respect.
Quaresma - is Lent in Cristang language. It is a
time of self denial so instead of eating rice,
"canje parper" (a rice gruel) is served with a
pickle salt fish relish called "pasce tambrinhyu".
Easter - is the culmination of Lent. Cristang
families rejoice with serving of rice, curry seccu
mutton and pang susis (a savoury meat bun).
Festa de San Juang - is celebrated on the evening

Current day
Serani (Eurasian)
fisherman, fishing
off Portuguese
Settlement in
Malacca
Legend has it that in the walls of Porta de Santiago
lies a nun who was buried alive because of her
nightly tryst by the gateway with a solider; he was
beheaded in front of the gateway after their liaison
was discovered.
The Portuguese came for God, Gold and
Glory; their mission was a campaign of trade
and crusade which evolved into cultural and
culinary assimilation.
The arrival of the Dutch
The Dutch East India Company (Verenidge
Oos-Indische Compagnie or V.O.C ) arrived
and conquered Malacca in 1641 from the
Portuguese who governed Malacca for 130
years.
of 23 June with the lighting of candles along the
pathway leading to the entrance of the house
Children and adults wear green garments  and
canje mungoo a sweet porridge made from mung
beans and sweetened with gula melaka and
coconut milk is served throughout the day.
Festa de San Pedro - is celebrated on 29 June in
honour of St Peter, the patron saint of fishermen,
with a carnival, decorative boats, folk dancing
and a delicious array of typical Cristang food .
Christmas - is a time of feasting and family
reunion. This is the time when traditional
Cristang cuisine is at its peak. Age old recipes
are brought out. Kuih tart, bolu cocu, bluder,
sersagung, agar-agar are the must have sweets.
The savouries are  garlinhia pai, curry feng, curry
seccu, seybak and fluffy white rice.
 The interesting fact is
that it was the Dutch
East India Company and
not the Dutch State that
established a
commercial presence in
Southeast Asia.
Dutch VOC Coin
Portuguese Settlement

In 1933, 2 missionary priests, Frs. J.P.

Francois & A.M. Coroado, recognising that the
Cristang culture was in danger of disappearing,
proposed to the British Administration that
poorer Cristang be regrouped into a settlement
so that they could practise their religion and
culture within the community. The British
agreed and provided the land which was
swampy and mosquito infested but it was later
drained and made habitable. This settlement is
known as Portuguese Settlement, but was
originally called St. John's Village, later
changed to Padre sa Chang. This enclave is 3
kilometers from the town centre. Its first
inhabitants were 10 of the poorest of the
Cristang community.

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