The Kristang of Melaka: How Long Will They Continue to Survive?
By Alexander Fernandez
July 2023FEATURE
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WHEN I ARRIVED at the Portuguese Settlement, also known as St. John’s village, in Ujong Pasir, Melaka on a weekday morning, the streets were dead quiet and there was no one in sight. As I wandered around the platform that juts out to the Strait of Malacca, Martin Theseira, a figurehead of the Kristang community there, and whom I was supposed to meet, showed up.Originally a small fishing village, the Portuguese Settlement today looks like another run-of-the-mill suburban neighbourhood in...
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