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The Chitties of Melaka, a talk by Karen Loh and V. Jegatheesan Velupillay

Hosted By: MCG Events,Nisha Dobberstein

Date: 4th April 2018

Time: 10.00 am for a 10.30am start

Cost: RM 15 members/ RM 25 non-members

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The Chitties, or Chettis, of Melaka are one of the first communities of Peranakan descent in Malaysia. They are descendants of South Indian traders who married local women during the earliest days of the Melaka Sultanate. These intermarriages have resulted in a unique and colourful heritage of a community whose language, food, dress, as well as religious and cultural practices, are influenced not only by their Hindu beliefs but also by the traditions of their neighbours. However, while being well known in Melaka, little is known about them in the other states of Malaysia.

Learn more about this unique community from Karen Loh and V. Jegatheesan Velupillay, the authors of the new book, The Chitties of Melaka, as they re-live their interesting journey of learning, researching and recording their findings on one of the oldest Peranakan people in Malaysia.

The book will be for sale that morning and you can get it signed by both the authors.