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What is a Peranakan?

What is a Peranakan? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. A descendant of the 15th- through 17th-century Chinese immigrants to the Indonesian archipelago and British Malaya (now Peninsular Malaysia and Singapore).
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The classic Peranakan dish of chicken cooked with tar-black stuffed candlenuts is unbelievably delicious.
The Peranakan people in Malacca show unique features, such as furniture, porcelain, crockery, style and food.
It is believed that a significant number of them married into the local populace, creating the descendants now known as the Peranakan.
The Straits Chinese or Peranakan were trusted by the British administration when Singapore was a crown colony.
The tirai was used by the Malay people, by Southeast Asian Chinese corn in unities called Peranakan and by various cultural groups from Sumatra such as the Minangkabau people.
In addition to religious missions and the new high schools, the less selective Singapore Chinese Girls' School was set up by several Peranakan business and community leaders.

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