Originally posted Jul 20, 2014 (see original archived version here) This is the second of seven articles on Hari Raya and Malay Culture appearing in the July/August 2014 issue of PASSAGE, the magazine of the Friends of the Museum (FOM). Two Ramadan bazaars of long standing in Singapore distinguish themselves in cultural and socio-historical importance, […]
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FOM FEATURE: Popular Malay Jewellery in the 1950s and 1960s
This is the sixth of seven articles on Hari Raya and Malay Culture appearing in the July/August 2014 issue of PASSAGE, the magazine of the Friends of the Museum (FOM). In the 1950s and 1960s, wedding receptions and Hari Raya celebrations were occasions when Malay women would be at their finest, wearing colourful baju (items of […]
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