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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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Photographs of St. Paul Hill Civic Zone.
Photographs of Historical Residential and Commercial Zone.
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