Actually Joo Chiat is a wonderful place, with beautiful carvings on buildings dating back to the Peranakan culture. well, i dun think people still practice the Peranakan culture anymore, looking at the elderly at Katong, who still wear the traditional Peranakan "baju", which means clothing in malay.
So this is what i took at Joo Chiat Rd, while cycling down (lazy to go on foot though.. haha..)
Signboard
Carvings on the walls
shophouses
Beautiful tiles
For sale... guess how much this shophouse cost??
door..
the bestest best durian puff in sg! Puteri Mas! 10bux for 20 pieces
And so, this is my last shot before my battery died.. stay tuned for part 2! hehe!
The full album is available at this path:
2 comments:
Hi Kenneth,
good to see your blog about Joo Chiat. I'm curious to your comment about the lack of presence of Peranakan culture in Joo Chiat. As you can imagine, most people do not wear their traditional dress daily as they are reserved for significant events and family occasions. The outward show of cultural identity through traditional costumes is only 1 way of several forms of cultural expressions. Just as in Penang, Malacca or Phuket, you will hardly see Peranakan Chinese wearing traditional dress daily.
Think you need to dig beneath the surface on this one.
hmmm.. that's true, my bad, i missed out on that. Looks like you really know quite a bit of the wonderful culture.
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