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Intrudu – Melaka Water Festival

Published on April 12, 2010 in Event and Melaka. 0 Comments Tags: intrudu, melaka portuguese, portuguese at melaka, Portuguese melaka, water festival.

Malaysian Water Festival was held recently at Pantai Chenang Langkawi from 9 to 11 April. The water festival is aimed to to bring Malaysia coastal and river with more water activities. Water activities are like boat race, kayak, dragon boat, fishing or just to popularize some beautiful beaches.

Intrudu atmosphere at Portuguese Settlement, more pic at razak latif flickr.

For Melaka, we have a special watering festival, but not exactly mean for river or the sea, it is on land itself. The Intrudu. It’s the Melaka Portuguese community water festival or they call it Pesta Intrudu. A bit similar to the water festival at Southern of Thailand were the call it Songkran Festival. This year Intrudu was held at 14th February.

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Portuguese Settlement – A living Musuem

Published on June 21, 2008 in Museum. 4 Comments Tags: kirstang, Melaka, pelancongan melaka, Portuguese melaka, portuguese settlement, serani melaka, tourism melaka, ujong pasir.

One of its kind in Malaysia, a reservation for about 1000 of Portuguese Eurasians. With 28 acres of area, the land integrate own school, a square, fishing village, restaurant and now they have a hotel too. Locals call the Portuguese Eurasians as ‘Serani’. In their language its Kristang (Christian). Historian named them Luso – Malays, descendants of Portuguese came during 15th century and after the conquest of Melaka, stayed here and married with local women same as the Peranakans.

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