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Melaka Photo Gallery from City Turtle Lens

A Photograph worth a thousands words!

In Melaka Photo Gallery, I share with you some of the "moments" and "views" that I captured while "swimming" around this Historical City. Below are the photographs that I would like to share with you.

Melaka Wesak Day Snapshot

I want to share with you some of the snapshot that I took during the Wesak Day procession in Melaka.

Wesak Gathering at Seck Kia Eenh Temple MelakaWesak Day Devotees  Melaka Wesak Day Float
Devotees gathering at Seck Kia Eenh Temple’s compound during the eve of Wesak Day.Devotees getting ready for the Wesak Day procession in Melaka.One of the 33 decorated floats taking part in the Melaka Wesak Day procession.

Datuk Chachar Festival/Sri Muthu Mariamman Festival Snapshot

Get a preview of the exciting and a little “scary“ Datuk Chachar Festival celebrated by the Chitty community in Melaka.

Datuk Chachar:The Snake ladyDatuk Chachar:Lady Carrying Kavadi Datuk Chachar: Ox Pulling the main Chariot in Melaka Town
This lady is apparently possessed by a snake or cobra.

Thumb up for this brave lady! At the most, I will just carry the milk kavadi.Two strong Oxen pull the main chariot of Sri Muthu Mariamman from Goldsmith Street to Gajah Berang.

Weddings Snapshot

Come and get a glimpse of Malay wedding, Chinese Wedding and Baba Nyonya Wedding Snapshot.

Traditional Malay Wedding Couple  Traditional Chinese Wedding Couple Baba Nyonya Wedding Couple
A Malay couple in their traditional wedding attire.

A couple in traditional Chinese wedding attire.

Nyonya Baba or Peranakan wedding attire.


Chinese Wedding Gifts

The photos below show you some of the Chinese wedding gifts prepared by the bride and bridegroom family as an exchange of gifts during wedding day.

 Chinese Wedding Gift   Traditional Chinese Wedding Gifts Chinese Wedding Gifts Exchange
There’s a basket of cakes, sticky sweets and cookies that will sweeten their marriage life.

Normally, the bride will sew one set of attire for the bridegroom. More wedding gifts such as fruits, cloths, bathing tub, urine pot, sewing kit etc.

Below are more photographs taken by me. Follow the link to the page for more scenic view of Melaka City. I hope that you would enjoy the photographs as much as I enjoyed taking them.


Photographs of St. Paul Hill Civic Zone.

Photographs of Historical Residential and Commercial Zone.

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