MELAKA - UNESCO World Heritage City since 2008. GPS: 2°11'58"N 102°15'02"E
Tourism-Melaka expresses our best wishes to all our visitors a very Happy Christmas and a very Happy New Year 2022.
May we look forward to eradicating the current Covid-19 pandemic which has disrupted our lives and livelihood over the passed 2 years.
All of us need to work together to keep ourselves and our families safe.
HAPPY NEW YEAR 2022
During the School holidays, your family can visit the Melaka Zoo.
The ticket prices are stated below.
For people who are interested to know about Dutch roots in Malaysia, do click on this link below.
https://www.malakkadutch.today/
https://www.malaysianbar.org.my/article/news/legal-and-general-news/general-news/malaysian-potpourri-the-dutch-community-surnames-clue-to-dutch-roots
Enjoy your read.
There are a number of newly renovated places you can stay in Melaka.
https://says.com/my/amp/lifestyle/where-to-stay-melaka-near-jonker
Check them out.
Melaka welcomes you always.
"𝑴𝒆𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒂, 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒄𝒄𝒂, 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒌𝒌𝒂, 𝑴𝒂𝒍𝒂𝒒𝒂..."
This December 4th, the golden city of history and legend will once again resound with music!
Melaka Classics is proud to present 𝗔𝗻 𝗘𝘃𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝘂𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝗠𝗮𝗹𝗮𝗸𝗸𝗮,
a lecture-recital featuring music composed during the period of the height of Dutch influence.
Performed by the Kuala Lumpur Chamber Project, the evening will bring listeners back in time, echoing bygone strains off the walls of the iconic Christ Church Melaka.
Seats are extremely limited due to strict SOP adherence, so make sure you reserve your tickets today!
Admission: RM25
Date: 4th December 2021, 8:30pm
Venue: Christ Church Melaka, Jalan Gereja
Online ticket reservations: https://bit.ly/DutchMalakka2021
Contact for information: +6011-16391641
info@melakaclassics.com
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After almost two years of hibernation, we are finally returning with the support of the Embassy of the Netherlands in Malaysia and Tourism Melaka.
This concert is part of a larger cluster of activities culminating in the Malakka Dutch Festival.
Do check out the other interesting and exciting events on the main website http://www.malakkadutch.today/
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The upcoming Malakka Dutch Festival will hold its on-site programming at The Stadthuys building in historical Melaka. Photo: Filepic/The Star
Family histories are central to the upcoming Malakka Dutch Festival, a hybrid event which will take place online and on-site in Melaka from Nov 28 to Dec 4.
The Dutch Eurasian Families Of Today photo exhibition at the festival is a community effort featuring interviews, images and oral histories recorded with six participating families - Westerhout, Klass, Skelchy, Fredericks, Minjoot and De Witt clans - who will revisit and share their Dutch lineage in this project.
This unique photographic exhibition is about today's Malaysian and Singaporean families who can trace their Eurasian heritage back to a time known as "Dutch Malakka".
Dutch Malacca (1641-1825) was the longest period that the historical Melaka was under foreign control.
“The exhibition was born from the question ‘what did the Dutch leave behind?’ to which Melaka-raised author/researcher Dennis De Witt (who has Dutch ancestry) said ‘they left people like him behind’. It will hopefully be something interesting, engaging and relatable, an exhibition for Malaysian families to learn about the history and heritage of the Dutch who were in Melaka, told through the stories of modern day Dutch Eurasian families who have roots from Melaka,” says Melissa Chan, The Bendahari director and one of the key coordinators of the Malakka Dutch Festival.
Organised by cultural and creative arts hub The Bendahari together with Nottingham University Malaysia’s Faculty of Computer Science, the Dutch Eurasian Families Of Today photo exhibition is one of the festival's highlights.
Chan adds that the pandemic lockdowns have helped expand the reach of the families who are part of this project. The Malakka Dutch Festival was initially planned in March this year, but it had to be postponed due to the pandemic situation.
“The lockdowns gave more time to cover more ground and present the information well. Because of this, we could interview families based in Britain and Singapore,” says Chan.
The Malakka Dutch Festival, which starts on Nov 28, is organised by Tourism Melaka and the Embassy of the Kingdom of the Netherlands here.
“Despite the pandemic affecting our travels, we are thankful in this digital age to be able to still share our beautiful city with the world through the online exhibition component, and to see local visitors at our physical event at Stadthuys (situated in Melaka's Dutch Red Square)," says Saari Basiron, general manager of Tourism Melaka.
“We are happy to research and showcase the Dutch cultural heritage in Melaka and how this heritage manifests today. You can find out more by taking a virtual tour around amongst others St Paul’s Church and ‘The Stadthuys’ to learn more about the Dutch presence in Melaka,” outlines a statement from the Dutch embassy.
Besides the photo exhibition, other events include music events (The Music Of Dutch Malakka: Echoes Of The Past and An Evening In Dutch Malakka), tours and walks (A Stroll Through Heeren and ‘The Streets Of Dutch Malakka': Virtual Tour), a forum (Bridging The Past To The Present), a food bazaar with Dutch and Dutch Eurasian cuisine, and traditional cultures.
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