Trips

Saturday 20 October 2007 9.30 a.m.
Merdeka Legacy Event - A Walk About Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur

Saturday 26 July 2008
Members' Trip to Negeri Sembilan We are planning a self-drive trip to Pengkalan Kempas-Linggi-Rembau for members. Among the proposed activities will include a heritage walk in Rembau, a visit to the megaliths in Pengkalan Kempas (photo above) and a top at the Dutch Fort in Linggi.

22 July 2008
A Day in Seoul - Learning About Heritage by Nurzaifullah Mansor If I had a chance to travel, Korea would be my 1st choice of destination. The country has so many beautiful places (always captured beautifully in film), rich with customs, traditions, and culture.

10.30 a.m., Saturday 28 March 2009
(FULLY SUBSCRIBED) Visit to Loke Mansion, Kuala Lumpur

February 2009
UPDATED: A MEMORIAL TO THE MALAYAN VOLUNTEER FORCES By Elizabeth Moggie On Friday 12 September we gathered at the Changi Museum. A number of Singapore military officials were present and the High Commissions of Great Britain, Australia, New Zealand and Malaysia were all represented.

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Office Matters

Saturday 20 September 2008
BAZAAR CHIC On Bazaar Chic Day, our Resource Centre will be closed and there will be no tours of the Rumah Penghulu.

February 2009
Garden Update: The Treasures of our Heritage Garden: Dillenia By Puan Sri Datin Susan Jalaluddin

3 February 2012
Heritage Centre Closed

22 December 2011
News from The Gift Shop Items suitable for festive gifts - All available now!

22 October 2008
GIFT SHOP News: Discount on BWM Publications Badan Warisan Malaysia is offering a special discount on its publications to members and students.

Chinese Ritual Objects and Funerary Supplies

The Chinese veneration of ancestors places a significance on funerals, which pave the way for the deceased to enter into the next life. The rites associated with funerals are geared towards ensuring that life after death is more comfortable than that on earth. Included also are wakes and funeral processions through town, incorporating music, floral wreaths and banners. In the olden days, a sedan chair was carried in front of the cortege and the spirit was supposed to ride in it. Nowadays, a photograph of the deceased represents the spirit.

Two funeral shops still exist on Jalan Petaling. Shop No 143 has been in the same family for three generations. Along with coffins, other funeral accessories such as white paper lanterns, clothing for the deceased as well as the mourners are sold. The children of the departed, if Taoists, mainly wear black or sackcloth while the grandchildren wear blue.

On this street and around the corner on Jalan Sultan, are two shops that sell Chinese ritual objects and funerary items such as candles, joss sticks, censers and paper offerings. The latter include elaborate paper models of mansions, cars and servants. Every effort is made to keep up with the times and accessories such as mobile phones, credit cards, sneakers are also recreated. The Taoists believe that heaven is a mirror of earth. These amenities are burned as offerings during the funeral to ease the journey of the soul into its next life.

Chik Seng Tong, at Jalan Sultan, was founded by Kapitan Cina Yap Kwan Seng as a funeral parlour, mainly for the dying destitute. It also served as a morgue. This parlour is now defunct.

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News & Announcements

SCHEDULE UPDATED: Kuala Lumpur Open House 2011 (21-22 May 2011)
To create a greater public awareness of our heritage, Badan Warisan Malaysia is planning the inaugural Open House Kuala Lumpur 2011 on Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd May 2011.

Notes from Council - November - December

Two Institutions Receive Grants under Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize Measured Drawings Grant 2010/2011
Badan Warisan Malaysia has awarded 2 grants under the 2010/2011Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize Measured Drawing Grants

Tan Sri Stanley Edward Jewkes, 1913-2011
It is with great sadness that Badan Warisan Malaysia records the passing of Tan Sri Stanley Jewkes on Sunday 19 June 2011, in Florida. Jewkes would have turned 98 this October.

Mubin Sheppard Memorial Prize - Cycle 9 Winners List
The awards and prizes for the Cycle 9 (2010/2011) were conferred on 15 December 2011 preceding the 28th Annual General Meeting (AGM) of Badan Warisan Malaysia (BWM). The Prize Giving Ceremony was officiated by YABhg Tun Dato’ Seri Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid, President of BWM.

Events

10.30 a.m., Saturday 14 April 2007
The Foochows of Sitiawan: Talk by Dr Shih Toong Siong

11.00 a.m. Saturday 7 April 2007
Artist Talk: Indian Temple Architecture & Sculptures

Saturday 22 September 2007
Merdeka Legacy Event - 111 Heeren Street: an Historical Investigation This is part of our continuing Merdeka Legacy series as well as a small tribute to one of the founding founders of our country.

Thursday 13 December 2007
24th Annual General Meeting

Saturday 19 January 2008 at 11 a.m.
NEW UPDATE: Merdeka Legacy Series: Visit to Federal Hotel

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