Research: A Nonya Mosaic (Big Event)

A Nonya Mosaic
My Mother’s Childhood RSING 929.2095957 GWE
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Page 60, Chapter Five: The Big Event

• Chianh Lang Kek were usually started in the morning and by the
  afternoon the house will usually filled with guests.
  

Volunteers helpers made up of married and unmarried woman
from various families but unmarried ones were dressed more
elaborately than those married ones.

A number of them turned up as Volunteers at the Big Event were,
in turn, matchmade at the function.

Usually the last to arrive were friends of the elderly (Grandmother).

The guests will formed themselves into several cherki groups
and started playing.

Menu for lunch:-

- Selections from the Laok Mejah Panjang
- Kueh Chuchi Mulot
- Grandmother serves an additional cake, Kueh Periah(Bittergourd cake)
(4cm long which made of green pea flour, bittergourd shaped, coloured
differently, served with grated coconut.