Title
Wedding invite
Year/Period
Mid 20th century
Region
Singapore
Object Type
Material
Dimension
Object size: 16.5 x 21.6 cm
Accession No.
2010-01322
Collection of
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs Veni Knight
Chitty, also known as Indian Peranakans, is a distinctive group of Tamil people found mainly in Malacca and Singapore. Like other groups of Peranakans, the Chitty speak a Malay Patois, which is mixed with many Tamil loan words. The wedding invite here is historically significant, marking an important occasion in the community's life and is dated to the short time frame of the Second World War when Singapore was referred to as "Syonan". The dating follows the Japanese system, which is based on the years that the Emperor has been on the throne.
