Tengkera (or Tranquera, meaning “palisades”) is a unique place where different communities with deep roots live cheek by jowl. It’s known for its mixture of religious places, culture, flavours, and aromas, cursing and swearing sounds of creolised Malay spoken by Malays, Babas, Nyonyas and Chetties, Hailams, Arabs, Yemeni descendants, Hokkiens, Boyans, Javanese, Portuguese, Filipinos, Eurasians and macam-macam lagi.
Located just outside the UNESCO Core Zone there are old Dutch period buildings, Malay houses and structures. Keramats, tombs, moats, and waterlines. This exhibition will feature cultural mapping done by Melaka in Fact, in which stories and data from about these places and histories has been uploaded online, for people to contribute. There will also be talks and activities on a rich selection of topics. This exhibition is their story.
In this exhibition, Melaka in Fact shared photos, videos, stories from our interviews, objects and everything related to Tengkera and its people.
10:00 AM Opening of Exhibition
12:00 PM MiF Hari Raya Open House Makan
01:00 PM Exhibition Talk:
Pasal Surau Kampung Benting
by Rahim Muhammad, Pengerusi Surau Kampung Beting
02:00 PM Exhibition Talk:
Digital Mapping of Jalan Tengkera and the Environ
by Razak Bahrom, Melaka in Fact
03:00 PM Community Roundtable Discussion:
Melaka Bangkit!
Moderated by Dr. Johannes Widodo, National University of Singapore
11:00 AM All Day Special Activities and Sharing Session:
Cultural Mapping of Tengkera
by the Form 1 Students of Kolej Yayasan Saad and Axiata
10:00 AM Opening of Exhibition
12:00 PM MiF Hari Raya Open House Makan
01:00 PM Exhibition Talk:
Pasal Surau Kampung Benting
by Rahim Muhammad, Pengerusi Surau Kampung Beting
02:00 PM Exhibition Talk:
Digital Mapping of Jalan Tengkera and the Environ
by Razak Bahrom, Melaka in Fact
03:00 PM Community Roundtable Discussion:
Melaka Bangkit!
Moderated by Dr. Johannes Widodo, National University of Singapore
2:00 PM Exhibition Talk:
Photographing Tengkera
by Nikt Wong
3:00 PM Exhibition Talk:
Old Temple on Pantei 2
by Sherman Ong
4:00 PM Exhibition Activity:
Jom! Walk walk Jalan Tengkera
6:00 PM Exhibition Ends