Pantun Baba Chan: The Art and Beauty of Traditional Baba Malay Poetry (Bilingual Text and Online Audio Recordings in English and Baba Malay) - Hardcover
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Availability:In StockContributor:Chan Eng Thai, G. T. Lye (Foreword by)Publish date:8/12/2025Pages:144
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804858373ISBN-10:804858373UPC:9780804858373Book Category:Poetry, Literary Criticism, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Asian, Comparative Literature, Southeast Asian Languages (see also Vietnamese)Book Topic:ChineseSize:7.50 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SCJ4B6ZR38
Pantun Baba Chan: The Art and Beauty of Traditional Baba Malay Poetry (Bilingual Text and Online Audio Recordings in English and Baba Malay)
Pisang mas di-atas peti,
Ada dua biji bekembar;
Cakap menulis kita mesti,
Baru Hidop Bahasa Baba
* * * * *
A comb of golden bananas,
Bear two ripening twins;
As we strive to speak and write,
Baba Malay will thrive anew. Pantun Baba Chan is a collection of 100 original pantun poems written in Baba Malay over a period of 15 years by Baba Chan Eng Thai, a prominent member of Singapore's vibrant...
Ada dua biji bekembar;
Cakap menulis kita mesti,
Baru Hidop Bahasa Baba
* * * * *
A comb of golden bananas,
Bear two ripening twins;
As we strive to speak and write,
Baba Malay will thrive anew. Pantun Baba Chan is a collection of 100 original pantun poems written in Baba Malay over a period of 15 years by Baba Chan Eng Thai, a prominent member of Singapore's vibrant...
Language:EnglishPublisher:Tuttle PublishingISBN-13:9780804858373ISBN-10:804858373UPC:9780804858373Book Category:Poetry, Literary Criticism, Foreign Language StudyBook Subcategory:Asian, Comparative Literature, Southeast Asian Languages (see also Vietnamese)Book Topic:ChineseSize:7.50 x 4.90 x 0.80 inchesWeight:0.7099Product ID:SCJ4B6ZR38
Chan Eng Thai speaks Baba Malay as his mother tongue. Born and raised in Geylang in Singapore, he shares his deep knowledge of Peranakan Chinese culture through programs at the Peranakan Museum, the NUS Baba House and Singapore's Peranakan Association. His favorite kuehs are pulut inti, kueh ku and apom bokkuah. He is a practicing lawyer, known by some to dish out a decent nasi ulam. This is his...
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