Object size: part 1 25.0 x 25.0 x 0.2 cm
The song “Suda Kahwin Ka Bulom” (Have you married) was sung by Lim Geok Siang, Ong Guan Bork and T.K. Lee, while the song “Ah Fat and the Chetty” was sung by Cheong Hock Chye and Wee Tiang Wah. These men were members of the Straits Chinese Amateur Dramatic and Musical Society in the 1930s. They were also members of the “Oleh Oleh Party”, a Straits Chinese group that performed frequently at charity events at Happy World. The songs here were recorded by Pagoda, a local record label for Malay records. Songs in Malay were popular among Peranakan Chinese who primarily spoke Baba Malay, a dialect of the Malay language which incorporates Hokkien terms and phrases. They are indicative of the assimilation of Peranakan Chinese to the indigenous population of the region by adapting their language.
