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British Soldier Grave, Burried with horse and dog.


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On 1829, when British ruled Melaka, there was part of district in Melaka called Naning. At that time, Naning have their own constitution followed traditionally hundred years ago without interfere from previous colonial government such as Portuguese and the Dutch. But when British came, they ask Naning to pay for 1/10 tax from all Naning crop yield. Naning Head, Datuk Dol Said refuse to pay the tax and declare a war with British government in Malacca. British attack Naning for the first time in 1831 but they have beed defeated by Datuk Dol Said guerrillas.

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— asmaliana

Malay Customs Preserved…


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Malay are first to arrived at this land Peninsular of Malaysia. Malays in Malaysia are unique because they blend from all Malay ethnic in this Malay Archipelago. In Indonesia for example, the Have many Malay ethnic like Javanese, Minang, Batak and many others. But here in Malaysia, the ethnic customs are seldom practice and all of the Malays here agreed to call them just Malays. Therefore we can find the customs are mixed with many other Malay ethnic in this Archipelago like marriage customs, accessories and dressing. But now all the customs are not everyday practice and some of them have been replace by modern & contemporary fashion such as marriage dress. It’s hard to find the authentic traditional accessories now as the younger generations never use them anymore. So best things to find them is at the Museum.

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