Andy 60s Music: Sedara Baba And Nyonya: Relatives Names By Alvin Oon.

Sedara Baba Nyonya (The Relatives Name Song)

YouTube Video By:

#peranakansayang #babanyonya #peranakan

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Enjoy this original song as we learn how to call our relatives the proper Baba Malay way! 'Sedara Baba Nyonya' is written, composed and arranged by Alvin Oon.

Lead vocalist - Tony Quek; Children vocalists - Denzil Kwah, Darius Oon, Doran Oon; Additional vocals - Alvin Oon.

THE ARTICLE BELOW IS WRITTEN TONGUE IN CHEEK:

Wow! Here is ALVIN OON again with another creative, informative but humorous song to help you remember how to call members of your family, with courtesy and respect, using PERANAKAN or BABA language. Not easy to remember them though! No kidding!

 😄 Good Luck!!!

Below and detailed, my own creation and explanation:

In Peranakan or Baba Language, if she's your Elder Sister, call her TACHI.

If she’s your Brother's Wife, call her ENSO. 

If she’s your Father's Elder Sister, call her MAK KO.

If she’s your Mother's Elder Sister, call her TUA EE.

If she’s not married and she's free, what do you call her? WOW WEE!

😍

Maybe it's best that you listen many, many times how the video explains the name change.

After listening to the video, are you able to name your relatives in Baba Language, depending on your own status in the family? If you manage, that's truly wonderful because it's important to do so, otherwise, you may have a problem relating to them.

Nah! Just kidding. But then, some of your relatives may be KAY-POH, which means BUSY BODY? Oh! 

😎 Hmm!

Thanks, ALVIN OON and his singing group for the YouTube Video, without which this blog post could never have been produced.

The versatile, creative and humorous Alvin Oon.

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Young *nyonya lady with a BAKUL SIAH [auspicious basket]

for transporting food and sometimes clothing.

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I am not certain if this after dinner *Peranakan phrase has been discussed before but I was always wondering why older family members do not say, "PERGI CHUCHI PIRING..." [go wash your plates] after a meal at home but instead mention, "UNTUK CHUCHI MULUT..." [for washing the mouth] and places a bowl of fruits, cakes and ice desserts on the dinner table.

I realised that the phrase itself explains the reason for the dessert. We need to 'wash' our mouths with lovely Peranakan desserts after dinner. So instead of going to the kitchen sink to wash the plates, the child would ask cheekily, "MAMA, MANA CHUCHI MULUT?" [mum, where's the mouth wash?]. And he gets a huge stare...

So if you are told after a Peranakan dinner, "UNTOK CHUCHI MULUT," it means, "Have your dessert." And they are probably on the table. 👦

Some of these desserts are below...

"Untuk chuchi mulut": [For washing the mouth].

Fruit desserts.

Delicious Peranakan Cakes made of shredded coconut,

glutinous rice and cassava [ubi kayu].

Bo Bo Cha Cha [Bubur Cha Cha]

The best Peranakan dessert ever. Sweet potato pieces with yam cuts and colourful jelly tots. All covered in sweet creamy coconut milk with added pandan leaves for flavour.

*NB:

The term “Peranakan” generally refers to a person of mixed Chinese, Malay and Indonesian heritage. Many Peranakans trace their origins to 15th-century Malacca, where their ancestors were thought to be Chinese traders who married local women who may not necessarily be Malay or Indonesian Malays but speak the language. The language used above is in Bahasa Indonesia.

A nyonya is a Peranakan lady and is usually dressed in a sarong [wrap around batik] and kebaya [colourful embroidered blouse.]

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'Madu dan Racun' means 'Honey and Poison'

in Bahasa Indonesia.

Lyrics [literal translation]: 

"Honey in your right hand; poison in your left.

Don't know which one you will be giving me..."

YouTube Video:

High beginners lady dancers from:

Evonne Dance Studio

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia.

Choreographers: 

Tan Bee Chu 

Jaynie Loy 

April 2022

Music: 

Bill & Brod 

Song:

Madu Dan Racun

Many thanks to all these petite nyonyas for the dance item. 

Nyonyas are Peranakan ladies, 

from the Straits, known for their

sarong [skirt] n kebaya [blouse] outfits.

I must first thank Evonne Dance Studio for putting up this enchanting video of the company's charming and talented dancers on YouTube. With one million views plus and a music backing by Bill and Brod with the late but well-known Arie Wibowo, [singer composer of Madu dan Rachun], this short but delightful episode with sarong-kebaya-clad nyonyas [ladies] is enthralling!

It is not surprising that with the influence of colonialism these past 80 years or so, after WW2, we have diluted some of our own South East Asian music heritage. But all is not lost. Let's hope that with the advent of a resurgence in this part of the world, we would be listening and watching more of such performances from our Asiatic shores.

So the beat goes on, our kind!

I'm sure you have some comments to make! Please do!

Check this one too:

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@nsrnanfang

The above video generated 10 million+ views.

This posting is specially for international readers who may wish to understand the language and culture of S.E. Asian pop music.

[Thanking the above person and company for compiling the video. 

There is no financial gain to this post. It is done to promote 

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Like I have always mentioned, "Ten million viewers cannot be wrong!" Pretty Malaysian *nyonya Ms Angeline Wong sings it well and her expressions denote the very animated and cute lyrics that go with the song. Simple as the song is, unless you understand the Malay language, you might still be wondering why it established so many views.

A *nyonya is a Straits-born Chinese lady.

She is in sarong kebaya.

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/792915078158724170/

Below is the literal translation; 

nuances in the language can differ:

My figure is slim not because I have insufficient food

My eyes are red not because I have insufficient sleep

Sad is my heart because... of my **sweetheart [twice].

A week ago he came home, 

My yearning for him left me half-dead [mentally exhausted?],

My affair with him, oh oh, my sweetie pie, oh [twice].

'You promised that I'm the only one you'll wait for

When I left, you injected the #Melati flower

But now I realise it was all a dream'.

I sing alone to amuse myself

I don't want to be hurt a second time...

My experience with him, my sweetie pie, oh [thrice].

[the whole song is repeated]

# Bunga Melati = A Jasmine Flower

Symbol of purity and devotion.

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*nyonya = Straits-born lady who speaks a mix of Hokien/Malay. 

She would usually be dressed in a sarong kebaya. 

**'sweetheart', 'sweetie pie' or 'lover' 

#Bunga Melati = the Jasmine flower

'kau sunting-kan' = literal = ' you injected'

Singer Angeline Wong

The chorus girls dressed in typical 

Malay gold sarong kebaya.

Images: Google and YouTube Video.

Thanks to Mr. Alfred Wong who

recommended the above song.

Please read the comments below.

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