Malay & Arab Community in Colonial SG

Attachments:

• Chapter 3: Reasons for coming to SG before WWII

1. Arabs
   1. Traders, Merchants, Haj Pilgrimage Middlemen.
      1. Arab Street
2. Image links:
   1. https://remembersingapore.org/2012/04/04/from-villages-to-flats-part-1/
      1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayang_kulit
3. Way of life
   1. Primary Religion: Islam
      1. Places of Worship: Sultan Mosque (near Arab Street)
   2. Entertainment
      1. Bangsawan: Malay opera
      2. Wayang Kulit: Javanese shadow puppets
      3. Malay Publishing Houses
         1. E.g. Utusan Melayu
4. Malays
   1. The local Malays were known as "Orang Laut" which means "sea people"
      1. Some originally lived in kelongs, later relocated to a Malay Kampong in Geylang Serai
         1. Other areas where most of them lived include Eunos, Joo Chiat, Bedok and along Rochor and Kallang River.
      2. Kampong Gelam
         1. Initially for Sultan Hussein and his people under the Raffles Town Plan.
      3. Plantation workers, Fishermen, Traders, Labourers
   2. Bugis
      1. Carpenters, Sailors, Businessmen
         1. Bugis Street
   3. Javanese
      1. Shop owners, Traders, Craftsmen, Labourers, Tailors, Blacksmiths
         1. Arab Street
   4. During Colonial Period, the Bugis and Javanese were subsumed under the Malay race for administrative purposes although they were from another part of the Malay Archipelago.