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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Phaik Hooi, post: 303591, member: 5831&quot;]literally poor peranakan. many families became quite poor and lost most of their heritage wares during the war, family feuds, etc. but the culture and habits remain <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie49" alt=":happy:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /> my feeling is that what we see as typical peranakan (books and museums) remains as examples of the ultra-rich elite straits chinese peranakan of that period. poor peranakan make do with whatever they can afford to maintain their cultural identity.</p><p><br /></p><p>i am quite certain now that it is just a food tray, not a betel-nut tray. could well be locally made, so very mixed design/pattern but still with a peranakan flavour <img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/biggrin.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":D" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>my tray trying to justify being peranakan <img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /><img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie51" alt=":hilarious:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>[ATTACH=full]99432[/ATTACH][/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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