Adat & Upacara Kaum Serani

Adat&upacara kaum serani

Serani merujuk kepada suatu bangsa di Malaysia yang berasal dari Portugis dan menganut agama Katolik Roman.Menurut Banci Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000, jumlah penduduk Serani dinegara ini ialah seramai 12,650 orang dan kebanyakannya bertumpu di Melaka dan Pulau Pinang. Antara orang Serani yang terkenal ialah Tony Fernandes pemilik syarikat penerbangan AirAsia. Istilah Serani juga digunakan secara umum bagi merujuk kepada semua orang yang berkacukan darah Asia dan Eropah. Kebanyakkan masyarakat serani di Melaka tinggal di PerkampunganPortugis atau Portuguese Settlement, terletak lebih kurang 5 Km di kawasanUjong Pasir,Melaka. Pengunjung yang datang daripada Pusat BandarMelaka, Banda Hilir, atau Muara Sungai Melaka melalui Jalan Parameswara,Jalan Bukit China, sampailah di Jalan Ujong Pasir dengan menaiki kereta,basikal atau beca. Perkampungan initerletak ditepi pantai. Pantainyalandaidan menjadi tempat hidupan marin sebagai kerang, udang dan ikan mengikutmusim. Keadaan geografi ini telah menarik kaum ini menetap di sini dantelah menjadikan laut sebagai sumber pendapatan mereka. MasyarakatPortugis mula-mula datang ke sini di sekitar tahun 1511 selepas pihak Portugismenawan Melaka.

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SeraniDaripada Wikipedia, ensiklopedia bebas.Lompat ke: pandu arah, gelintar

Serani merujuk kepada suatu bangsa di Malaysia yang berasal dari Portugis dan menganut agama Roman Katolik.[1] Menurut Banci Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000, jumlah penduduk Serani di negara ini ialah seramai 12,650 orang dan kebanyakannya bertumpu di Melaka dan Pulau Pinang. Antara orang Serani yang terkenal ialah Tony Fernandes pemilik syarikat penerbangan AirAsia. Istilah Serani juga digunakan secara umum bagi merujuk kepada semua orang yang berkacukan darah Asia dan Eropah.

Masyarakat Serani mempunyai kebudayaan dan asal usul yang unik serta menarik.

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Serani merujuk kepada suatu bangsa di Malaysia yang berasal dari Portugis dan menganut agama Katolik Roman.Menurut Banci Kebangsaan Malaysia 2000, jumlah penduduk Serani dinegara ini ialah

seramai 12,650 orang dan kebanyakannya bertumpu di Melaka dan Pulau Pinang. Antara orang Serani yang terkenal ialah Tony Fernandes pemilik syarikat penerbangan AirAsia. Istilah Serani juga digunakan secara umum bagi merujuk kepada semua orang yang berkacukan darah Asia dan Eropah. Kebanyakkan masyarakat serani di Melaka tinggal di PerkampunganPortugis atau Portuguese Settlement, terletak lebih kurang 5 Km di kawasanUjong Pasir,Melaka. Pengunjung yang datang daripada Pusat BandarMelaka, Banda Hilir, atau Muara Sungai Melaka melalui Jalan Parameswara,Jalan Bukit China, sampailah di Jalan Ujong Pasir dengan menaiki kereta,basikal atau beca. Perkampungan initerletak ditepi pantai. Pantainyalandaidan menjadi tempat hidupan marin sebagai kerang, udang dan ikan mengikutmusim. Keadaan geografi ini telah menarik kaum ini menetap di sini dantelah menjadikan laut sebagai sumber pendapatan mereka. MasyarakatPortugis mula-mula datang ke sini di sekitar tahun 1511 selepas pihak Portugismenawan Melaka.

Perkampunganini mempunyai lebih kurang 2000 penduduk sekarang berbangsa portugis danramai memiliki rumah sendiri. Kerajaan Negeri Melaka telah mengeluarkangeran tapak kepada penduduk di sini. Aktiviti sosial mereka adalah padahari Ahad di sekitar Gereja. Hampir keseluruhan kaum ini beragama Kristiandan terdapat beberapa keluarga yang telah kahwin campur dengan kaum Cinadan memeluk agama Buddha. Ada yang telah masuk Islam dan berkahwin denganwantia Melayu.Jalan-jalanyang terdapat di sini adalah Albuquerque Avenue, Sequeira AvenueErediaAvenue, Ruas Avenue. Pewrkataan Avenue sekarang telah ditukarkan kepadaJalan .Terdapatjuga Canossa College, sekarang digelar Sek.Men. Canossa

Nama-namaorang portugis di sini adalah seperti Diogo Lopes de Squeira, Vasco deGama, Alfonso de Albuquerque, Bairro Irmas Cnossianas, Castello de Paiva,Antonio de Almedida, Caminho de Letores, Gerard de Fernandis dan sebagainyakebanyakan nama mirip Latin Amerika.Padaasal mereka adalah nelayan bergantung pada laut untuk mencari rezeki. Ramaianak-cucu mereka tidak lagi mengikuti jejak langkah nenek moyang mereka membuat kerjanelayan, tetapi telah berpelajaran tinggi dan memegang jawatan di sektorswasta dan pejabat kerajaan. Timbalan Pendakwa Raya Melaka, Tuan AnselmCharles Fernandis adalah portugis berasala dari sini. Perkampungan merekatelah menjadi tarikan pelancong kerana mereka mempunyai kebudayaan tersendiridengan lagu dan tarian mereka. Mereka juga mempunyai bahasa sendiri, Christang(Christ Tongue) dan baju tradisional sendiri. Lagu Jingli Nona yang terkenaladalah dalam bahasa postugis.Memandangkansumbangan mereka kepada pembangunan industri pelancongan, masyarakat Portugistelah dibenarkan membeli Amanah Saham Nasional oleh Kerajaan Pusat.

KetuaKampung mereka di gelar REGEDOR, wakil komuniti kepada KerajaanMelakaDi sebelah pejabat Regedorterdapat Medan Portugis(Praca Portuguesa) , yang mempunyai kedai-kedaiyang menjual cenderahati dan kraftangan buatan kaum nelayan.Masihramai lagi yang meneruskan aktiviti menangkap ikan sebagai hobi atau untukmenambahkan pendapatan.

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-Ini pula adalah makanan dan cara kaum serani makan.-Mereka merupakan cara-cara barat kerana memakan dengan garfu dan sudu besi.-Kaum serani merupakan memakan makanan yang berkhasiat.-Ini kerana mereka jarang menggunakan makanan-makanan yang mendatangkan lemak bagi mereka.-Kaum lain pun ada menggunakan cara-cara kaum serani untuk makan

.

-Ini adalah makanan-makanan campuran dari segi perkauman.-Orang serani juga mencuba menggunakan 'chopsticks' untuk memakan.-Ini menunjukkan bahawa setiap kaum boleh mencuba tradisi mereka.-Mereka boleh berkongsi makanan,pakaian sertabudaya mereka masing-masing.-Dengan cara sebegini,ia dapat merapatkan persahabatan antara berbilang kaum.-Ini membolehkan setiap kaum memahami dan mengertimengenai tradisi antara kaum.

-Ini adalah pakaian tradisional kaum serani-Kebanyakkan kali mereka memakai pakaian sebegini pada acara majlis perkahwinan.

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Im a Serani my self.Let me explain to you. Well Serani has its own unique culture.We are called Portuguese Eurasian.We have our own Settlement in Malacca.

Why it is unique?

Let me explain.. Serani is a mix breed between Portuguese Man with local women(Malays) during the 15th century.Why?

-Was encourage by the King of Portugal to marry local women-To spread Christianity.

Later on when the shariah law was established in the 19th century they intend to marry chinese or indian rather than malay why?

-they dont want to alter their religion(Roman Catholic)

How do i know if the person is a serani?

-well my best answer i can give through their sir names? like de costa, de silva, danker, goonting, cruz-the way they speak...people brought up in the Portuguese Settlement have their own slang.

P/S:Some Still have the Portuguese Looks....

Do serani have their own language?

Yes we do it call Kristang.Google It.Its a mixture of portuguese and malay

Why there is such complicated races like this?

Why ask me..ask my ancestors.

Do they have this kind of races else where?

yes...Goa and Macau..

Google it.

What festival do they celebrate?

Well..we still follow the portuguese tradition in Portugal.-San Juang-San Pedro

-Christmas-Water Day.

Conclusion. Althought its been 500 years we still maintain our tradition and culture.

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Notiable People

Jeanne Abdullah(Badawi Wife)Hans Isacc(Actor)Tony Fernandiz(CEO AirAsia)

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The Kristang are a creole Eurasian ethnic group of people of mixed Portuguese and Malaccan descent based in Malaysia and Singapore. Some people of this ethnicity also have Dutch and British heritage as well as Chinese, Indian and other Asian heritage due to intermarriage, which was common among the Kristang. In addition to this due to the Portuguese Inquisition in the region a lot of the Jews of Malacca assimilated into the Kristang community. [1] The creole group arose in Malacca (Malaysia) between the 16th and 17th centuries, when the city was a port and base of the Portuguese. Some descendants speak a distinctive Kristang language, a creole based on Portuguese. Today the government classifies them as Portuguese Eurasians.

The Kristang language is formally called Malacca-Melayu Portuguese Creole, made up of elements of each. [2] The Malay language, or Bahasa Malaysia, as it is now called in Malaysia,

has changed to incorporate many Kristang words. For example, garfu is Kristang for "fork" and almari is Kristang for "cupboard"; the Malay language incorporated these Kristang words whole.

Scholars believe the Kristang community originated in part from liaisons and marriages between Portuguese men (sailors, soldiers, traders, etc.) and local native women. The men came to Malacca during the age of Portuguese explorations, and in the early colonial years, Portuguese women did not settle in the colony. Portuguese married mostly women of Malay ethnicity, but also those of Chinese or Indian descent. Today intermarriage occurs more frequently between Kristang and people of Chinese and Indian ethnicity rather than Malay because of endogamous religious laws. These require non-Muslims intending to marry Malay Muslims or Indian Muslims first to convert to Islam. Eurasians are not always willing to alter their religious and cultural identity in this way. Intermarriage of Kristangs and Malays or ex-Muslim Indians mostly happen, if and only if a Malay or an Indian Muslim converted to Christianity or other religion before the marriage to a Kristang. In earlier centuries, Portuguese and local Malays were able to marry without such conversions, because such religious laws did not exist.

The name "Kristang" is sometimes incorrectly used for other people of mixed European and Asian descent presently living in Malaysia and Singapore. This includes people of Portuguese descent who were not part of the historical Kristang community, and people with other European ancestry, such as Dutch or British.

The name comes from the Portuguese creole kristang (Christian), derived from the Portuguese cristão. A derogatory term for the Portuguese-Malaccan community was Gragok (slang term for Portuguese geragau or shrimp, referring to the fact that the Portuguese Malaccans were traditionally shrimp fishermen). The community historically called themselves gente Kristang (Christian people).

Contents[hide]

1 History o 1.1 Portuguese expeditions o 1.2 The Dutch takeover

2 Present status 3 Kristang culture

o 3.1 Fishing o 3.2 Religion o 3.3 Other Religions o 3.4 Music and dance o 3.5 Cuisine o 3.6 Name

4 Portuguese influence on Malay language 5 Notable Kristang people 6 See also (Related ethnic groups) 7 References 8 External links

[edit] History

[edit] Portuguese expeditions

Malacca was a major destination in the great wave of sea expeditions launched by Portugal around the turn of the 16th century, and it eventually was controlled as part of the Portuguese Empire. The first Portuguese expedition to reach Malacca landed in 1507. The Sejarah Melayu (Malay Annals) noted that the Malays first called them Bengali Puteh (White Bengalis), as the Portuguese brought to mind traders from Bengal but were more pale skinned. In the early years, the Malays called the Portuguese Serani (short for Malay Nasrani, meaning followers of Jesus the Nazarene.)[3] A story was recorded that the Portuguese landing party inadvertently insulted the Malaccan sultan by placing a garland of flowers on his head, and he had them detained. In 1511, a Portuguese fleet came from India to free the landing party.

At that time, Portuguese women were barred from traveling overseas due to superstition about women on ships, as well as the substantial danger of the sea route around cape Horn. Following the Portuguese colonization of Malacca (Malaysia) in 1511, the Portuguese government encouraged their explorers to marry local indigenous women, under a policy set by Afonso de Albuquerque, then Viceroy of India. To promote settlement, the King of Portugal granted freeman status and exemption from Crown taxes to Portuguese men (known as casados, or "married men") who ventured overseas and married local women. With Albuquerque's encouragement, mixed marriages flourished and some 200 were recorded by 1604. By creating families, the Portuguese men would make more settled communities, with families whose children would be Catholic and loyal to the Crown.

[edit] The Dutch takeover

A powerful sea power, the rising Dutch nation took Malacca from the Portuguese in 1641. This coincided with a civil war in Portugal that ended the 60-year period known as the "Union of the Crowns" (1580–1640), when Portugal was joined to Castilian Spain by political marriage. Almost all political contact between Portugal and Malacca ended. Portuguese trade relations with the former colonial outpost of Macau have continued to this day.

Even after Portugal lost Malacca in 1641, the Kristang community largely preserved its traditions, practicing Catholicism and using Portuguese and Kristang language within the community.

[edit] Present status

The Kristang community still has surprising cultural and linguistic continuities with today's Portugal, especially with the Minho region, from where many early settlers emigrated. The Kristang continue to hold some church services in Portuguese, and Malaysians often refer to the community as "Portuguese". As the Kristang language is not taught in schools, it is nearing extinction, with the exception of within the Portuguese Settlement in Ujong Pasir Malacca.

The Kristang in Malaysia do not have the status of bumiputra, which applies to indigenous ethnic groups, although they can apply to be members of a trust scheme known as Amanah Saham Bumiputra. This is a privilege shared by Malaysians of Thai decent. The government sponsored this program to help the Malays increase their participation in the national economy. The Kristang community in Singapore is part of a larger umbrella group, known generically as the Eurasian community. Some members have emigrated to Perth, Western Australia over the past three decades.

The Portuguese Settlement is a thriving Kristang community in Malacca, established in 1933 with the goal of gathering the dispersed Kristang community and preserving their culture. A simple village of poor fishermen for many decades, it has recently become a major tourist attraction. This has helped to improve the income of the Kristang population.

[edit] Kristang culture

[edit] Fishing

Since Portuguese times, the Kristang have been living by the sea. It is still an important part of their culture. Even today, with only 10 percent of the community earning their living by fishing, many men go fishing to supplement their income or just to relax with their neighbours. Traditionally men fish from small wooden perahus, or by pushing the langgiang, a traditional bamboo-poled shrimp net through the shallows.

[edit] Religion

The Kristang are in general practising Roman Catholics. Christmas (Natal) is the most festive occasion of the year, when many Kristang families get together to celebrate by eating seasonal dishes, singing carols and branyok, and reveling in saudade. Like many other Portuguese-speaking Catholic communities around the world, the Kristang also celebrate a string of major Saints' days at the end of June, beginning with St. John (San Juang) on June 24 and closing with St. Peter (San Pedro), the fishermen's patron saint, on June 29. The June festival of St. John's village is a major tourist attraction of Malacca. Tourists come to observe the festivities, which are religiously based.

[edit] Other Religions

A small number from the Kristang Community are Evangelical Christians, some have become Muslims due mainly to intermarriage and there are also those who are practicing Jews.

[edit] Music and dance

Kristang music and dance, known as the Branyo, can be easily mistaken for the Malay Joget, which is believed to have developed from the Branyo. The adoption of western music instruments and musical scales by traditional Malay and Indian orchestras suggests a strong Portuguese influence. The most popular branyo tune is "Jingkli Nona", regarded as the unofficial "anthem" for Portuguese Eurasians in Singapore.

Portuguese fado music is not part of the Kristang culture, since it originated in the 19th century, after most cultural links with Portugal were cut off. The Kristang culture tends to have more joyful expression than the characteristic melancholic mood of fado.

[edit] Cuisine

Influenced greatly by other local ethnic cuisines, Kristang food is similar to Malay cuisine, with the additions of stews and the inclusion of pork in the diet. Some roots of Portuguese-style cuisine are evident in kristang food; however, it has more of an eastern than western style, related to years of local influence and ingredients. Early Kristang and other colonials adopted the same ingredients used by the locals. Many Kristao also eat by hand like the Malay. Typical Kristang dishes include curry dabel, porku tambrinu (babi asam stew) and pang su si cake.

[edit] Name

Kristang people traditionally have used Portuguese names. Malaysian Muslims of Arab, Malay, and Indian descent use typical Muslim names.

[edit] Portuguese influence on Malay language

The Portuguese ruled Malacca from 1511 to 1641. About 300 Portuguese words were adopted in the Malay language. These include:

kereta (from carreta, car); sekolah (from escola, school); bendera (from bandeira, flag); mentega (from manteiga, butter); keju (from queijo, cheese); meja (from mesa, table); and nenas (from ananás, pineapple).

[edit] Notable Kristang people

Malaysian

Tun Jeanne Abdullah a.k.a Jeanne Danker - Former First Lady of Malaysia. Tony Fernandes - CEO of Air Asia (Aviation Legend). Roland Xavier - Well known Malaysian Professor of Entrepreneurship. Datuk Eugene Campos - The Hon. Consul of Portugal & Patron of S.A.F.T.E.A. (Selangor and

Federal Territory Eurasian Association). Well known businessman. Joan Margaret Marbeck - Malaysian Author - Language Is the Soul of our Kristang Heritage Edgar Pinto Xavier - Ambassador for the Secular Humanistic Jewish Movement in Malaysia & the

Far East

Singaporean

Jeremy Monteiro - Singaporean Jazz Pianist, Singer, Composer and Music Educator. Andrew Lim - Singaporean Television star, actor, popular radio broadcaster and Chabad Jewish

Follower.

Australian

Sarah Marbeck - Malaysian born Australian female model. Royston Sta Maria - Well known Singer and Songwriter from Malaysia.

[edit] See also (Related ethnic groups)

Eurasian – various ethnic groups of mixed European-Asian ancestry Anglo-Burmese people - ethnic group from Myanmar Burgher people - ethnic group from Sri Lanka Eurasian Singaporean - ethnic group from Singapore Filipino mestizo - ethnic group from the Philippines Indo people - ethnic group from Indonesia Macanese people - ethnic group from Macau usually with some Portuguese ancestry Mardijker people - ethnic group from Indonesia with Portuguese ancestry

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Jenti Cristang – the Cristang PeopleVery little is known, and even less is written, about the Cristang, an ethnic minority in Malaysia. Their origins can be traced to the first European settlers who came to Asia. Portuguese seafarers were the first to set foot in Malacca - then already a bustling port with a natural harbour, and all the attributes that would make it a globally renowned, 16th century commercial hub. The heart of all things Eurasian, in particular all things Portuguese and Dutch in Southeast Asia, is in Malacca. Today Malacca ,today holds the prestigious award of being acclaimed as a World heritage Site by UNESCO. 

A new ethnic community

"Cristang" has its roots in the Portuguese word "cristao"; a nomenclature adopted by the mestizos of Malacca to avoid persecution by Dutch papists. The Dutch conquered Malacca around 1641, and remained for 150 years. During the Dutch occupation of Malacca, the Cristang were accepted for their European features, and were favoured with jobs in the administration. Some Dutch officers even chose to remain in Malacca by marrying Cristang women.

Around 1440 a Sumatran Prince called Parameswara fled his kingdom of Temasak (modern day Singapore) after being attacked by the Majapahit. Legend has it that as he sat under a tree he saw a mouse deer defend itself against his hunting dogs. Such bravery inspired Parameswara to make his domain there. To name the domain, he asked his guards the name of the tree he sat under and was told that it is the Malacca tree, hence the name of the state. Malacca grew in prominence due to its strategic location as a port for eastern travels (between March to October) and western travel (between November to February). It grew as a spice port

Serani or Eurasian The Cristang is a new ethnic community - of Malay, Indian, Portuguese and Dutch descent. The British called the Cristang "Eurasian" and the local Malays referred to them as "Serani" .

Cristang dancers doing the Branyo

The Portuguese and Dutch ancestry can be noticed in the surnames that the descendents carry such as Dias, Fernandes, Gomes, Lazaroo, Nunis, Pinto, Peris, de Rozario, de Souza, de Vries, Goonting, Klyne, Marbeck, de Witt, Danker, Hendroff, Hendricks, Westerhout and many others.

Portuguese

Porta de Santiago

Dutch VOC

Dutch VOC buildings in Malacca

 Queen Victoria Fountain

 

with traders from China, India and the Arabian Peninsular located there. History records that the famous Chinese Admiral, Zheng He called on Malacca in the mid 1400s when the Emperor of China sent a princess Hang Li Po to wed Sultan Mansur Shah (1459 - 1477), the then ruler of Malacca, in response to the Sultan's request for protection from the Siamese.

The arrival of the Portuguese

In 1509, Portuguese mariner Lopez de Sequeira decided Malacca would be the base of his country’s commerce in the region. Two years later, Alfonso d’Albuquerque, took possession of the land and fortified it to achieve that aim. The ruins of the fort, "A Famosa", can still be seen in Malacca to this day.

Map of Malacca (circa 1630), the

fort surrounds the entire city.

   

Cristang Food

The nobles in their galleons may have had retinues of personal retainers, but it was the lowly press-ganged deckhand, forced to forage to survive, who became the cuisine’s prime mover. Adapting was easy because then – as it is now – fresh food was abundant, and the spices on which mercantile capitalism thrived, were the same that made delectable the bounty of land and sea. Cristang food is a mélange of many flavours combined to bring out the best of East and West. This was when fusion cuisine was first created.

Cristang Festivals

Intrudo - is celebrated on Sunday preceding Ash Wednesday and is the last day of merriment before Lent. It dates back almost 5 centuries when it was brought to Malacca during the Portuguese era. People splash water on everybody and no one in sight is spared a drenching. Those splashed are given a glass of wine as a token of respect.

Quaresma - is Lent in Cristang language. It is a time of self denial so instead of eating rice, "canje parper" (a rice gruel) is served with a pickle salt fish relish called "pasce tambrinhyu".

Easter - is the culmination of Lent. Cristang families rejoice with serving of rice, curry seccu mutton and pang susis (a savoury meat bun).

Festa de San Juang - is celebrated on the

Current day Serani (Eurasian) fisherman, fishing

off Portuguese Settlement in

Malacca

Legend has it that in the walls of Porta de Santiago lies a nun who was buried alive because of her nightly tryst by the gateway with a solider; he was beheaded in front of the gateway after their liaison was discovered.

The Portuguese came for God, Gold and Glory; their mission was a campaign of trade and crusade which evolved into cultural and culinary assimilation.

The arrival of the Dutch

The Dutch East India Company (Verenidge Oos-Indische Compagnie or V.O.C ) arrived and conquered Malacca in 1641 from the Portuguese who governed Malacca for 130 years.

evening of 23 June with the lighting of candles along the pathway leading to the entrance of the house Children and adults wear green garments  and canje mungoo a sweet porridge made from mung beans and sweetened with gula melaka and coconut milk is served throughout the day.

Festa de San Pedro - is celebrated on 29 June in honour of St Peter, the patron saint of fishermen, with a carnival, decorative boats, folk dancing and a delicious array of typical Cristang food .

Christmas - is a time of feasting and family reunion. This is the time when traditional Cristang cuisine is at its peak. Age old recipes are brought out. Kuih tart, bolu cocu, bluder, sersagung, agar-agar are the must have sweets. The savouries are  garlinhia pai , curry feng, curry seccu, seybak and fluffy white rice.

Dutch VOC Coin

The interesting fact is that it was the Dutch East India Company and not the Dutch State that established a commercial presence in Southeast Asia.

Portuguese Settlement

In 1933, 2 missionary priests, Frs. J.P. Francois & A.M. Coroado, recognising that the Cristang culture was in danger of disappearing, proposed to the British Administration that poorer Cristang be regrouped into a settlement so that they could practise their religion and culture within the community. The British agreed and provided the land which was swampy and mosquito infested but it was later drained and made habitable. This settlement is known as Portuguese Settlement, but was originally called St. John's Village, later changed to Padre sa Chang. This enclave is 3 kilometers from the town centre. Its first inhabitants were 10 of the poorest of the Cristang community.

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