Seh Ong Hill

Seh Ong Hill   Introduction The Bukit Brown Cemetery Complex mapped out by Mok Ly Yng  based on the land lot tracings from this map shows a surviving area of  approximately 390 acres. The biggest Chinese cemetery outside of China  consists of four identifiable cemeteries bordering each other : Bukit Brown, Lau Sua (Old Hill), Kopi Sua (Coffee Hill) and Seh Ong Sua (Ong Clan Hill) This  map shows the various cemeteries demarcated In the following article Jave Wu  traces the […]

Pantuns

Pantuns by Norman Cho   The pantun is sometimes  described as Malay poetry. It consists of stanzas made up of rhyming quatrains (4-liners). Its history was thought to have originated from golden period of the Malays during the 15th century. When a pantun is sung, it becomes the dondang sayang (melody of love). Normally, the last word of the first line would rhyme with that of the third line, and, the second line would rhyme with the fourth line. If […]