Jonker Walk has never been shy
About putting its well-known cultures, customs, folklores, foods, beverages, products, services or traditions on the streets, Jonker Walk has never been shy. (Definition of Folklore : The traditional beliefs, myths, tales, and practices of a community.)
Pointing out that men and women on the Jonker Walk are somewhat exuberantly with the sharing of their old-style ancestral piety, mythical lifestyle, tales of heritage, home-made foods (cross-bred chefs with variable in the portion of Javanese influences, Thai methods, Hainanese preparation, Peranakan-selected ingredients, Japanese flavours, European servings, ... excetra), beverages of the new and the old, extinct products (example, kasut manik or clogs once commonly used by Melakan girls) and trending products, services of the heritage standards and services of the new arts. (Definition of Exuberant : Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy).
Whether it's intricate needlepoint embroidery, to a giant stature of the Mr. Asia, you find something to suit your collection of apparels, souvenirs, appetite, or your drinking pleasure and even your lenses. So, please don't forget to bring your camera along with you. The Jonker men and women would feel good to serve although many are not able to speak good English.
And why wouldn't they ?
This is the street, after all, where the heritage prowess of its well-adopted of the good, the bad and the ugly has acted as a calling card for centuries. Say, some 752 years ago. From Parameswara's discovery of a fishing village from the Middle Ages onwards, to the street's role as a trading hub during the era of the Melaka Empire, Jonker Walk community and infrastructure is somewhat developed through the evolution with influences of Admiral Zheng He's visits, Alfonso de Albuquerque's regime, Dutch's interest, British's administration, Japanese Occupation ....
Jonker Walk has never been shy about its affection for the past masters. There are touches of exuberance and dandyism across the walks in the most heritage and modern ways if you would care to observe. (The Walks now covers the Heeren Street, First Cross Street, Second Cross Street, Third Cross Street, Harmony Street, Goldsmith Street, Blacksmith Street beside Jonker Walk)
Pointing out that men and women on the Jonker Walk are somewhat exuberantly with the sharing of their old-style ancestral piety, mythical lifestyle, tales of heritage, home-made foods (cross-bred chefs with variable in the portion of Javanese influences, Thai methods, Hainanese preparation, Peranakan-selected ingredients, Japanese flavours, European servings, ... excetra), beverages of the new and the old, extinct products (example, kasut manik or clogs once commonly used by Melakan girls) and trending products, services of the heritage standards and services of the new arts. (Definition of Exuberant : Full of unrestrained enthusiasm or joy).
Whether it's intricate needlepoint embroidery, to a giant stature of the Mr. Asia, you find something to suit your collection of apparels, souvenirs, appetite, or your drinking pleasure and even your lenses. So, please don't forget to bring your camera along with you. The Jonker men and women would feel good to serve although many are not able to speak good English.
And why wouldn't they ?
This is the street, after all, where the heritage prowess of its well-adopted of the good, the bad and the ugly has acted as a calling card for centuries. Say, some 752 years ago. From Parameswara's discovery of a fishing village from the Middle Ages onwards, to the street's role as a trading hub during the era of the Melaka Empire, Jonker Walk community and infrastructure is somewhat developed through the evolution with influences of Admiral Zheng He's visits, Alfonso de Albuquerque's regime, Dutch's interest, British's administration, Japanese Occupation ....
Jonker Walk has never been shy about its affection for the past masters. There are touches of exuberance and dandyism across the walks in the most heritage and modern ways if you would care to observe. (The Walks now covers the Heeren Street, First Cross Street, Second Cross Street, Third Cross Street, Harmony Street, Goldsmith Street, Blacksmith Street beside Jonker Walk)
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