the Multicultural performing arts, crafts, festivals, and goods of Penang

As Penang port developed in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the trading of spices and the export of tin and rubber attracted settlers from the Malay Archipelago, Thailand, Burma, Hadhramaut, India, China and Europe. Penang was also an important stopover for pilgrims going to Mecca. The...

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Other Authors: Tan, Sooi Beng
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Language:English
Published: Pusat Pengajian Seni 2011
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description As Penang port developed in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the trading of spices and the export of tin and rubber attracted settlers from the Malay Archipelago, Thailand, Burma, Hadhramaut, India, China and Europe. Penang was also an important stopover for pilgrims going to Mecca. The multiethnic nature of early Penang can be seen in the population census of Georgetown in 1835 which included Europeans, Armenians, Malays, Acehnese, Batak, Chinese, Chuliahs, Bengalese, Siamese, Burmese, Arabs, Parsees, Native Christians and Caffrees (Africans).
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spelling usm-266842017-03-09T02:01:48Z http://eprints.usm.my/26684/ the Multicultural performing arts, crafts, festivals, and goods of Penang HT Communities. Classes. Races NX Arts in general As Penang port developed in the late eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the trading of spices and the export of tin and rubber attracted settlers from the Malay Archipelago, Thailand, Burma, Hadhramaut, India, China and Europe. Penang was also an important stopover for pilgrims going to Mecca. The multiethnic nature of early Penang can be seen in the population census of Georgetown in 1835 which included Europeans, Armenians, Malays, Acehnese, Batak, Chinese, Chuliahs, Bengalese, Siamese, Burmese, Arabs, Parsees, Native Christians and Caffrees (Africans). Pusat Pengajian Seni Tan, Sooi Beng Goh, Chu Hiang Beh, Pei Pei 2011 Book PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by http://eprints.usm.my/26684/1/GOHCH_Penang_Street_Food.pdf Tan, Sooi Beng and Goh, Chu Hiang and Beh, Pei Pei, eds. (2011) the Multicultural performing arts, crafts, festivals, and goods of Penang. Pusat Pengajian Seni, Pulau Pinang. ISBN 978-967-5418-12-9
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title_short the Multicultural performing arts, crafts, festivals, and goods of Penang
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topic HT Communities. Classes. Races
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url http://eprints.usm.my/26684/
http://eprints.usm.my/26684/1/GOHCH_Penang_Street_Food.pdf