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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 9428472, member: 2844&quot;]That goes for the entire cultural make-up of the SE Asian trade area.</p><p>It is an interesting mix of many cultures from Asia, Europe, and Africa, that started over a thousand years ago.</p><p>European &#039;discoveries&#039; and the Chinese opening up to foreign travel from the 16th century onward gave it a boost.</p><p>And every sizeable mixed group developed its own culture and customs.</p><p>Even a small group like the Mardijkers, descendants of freed slaves from India, Africa, and Europe, created its own culture and language, which still influences present day Indonesian.</p><p><br /></p><p>The maternal Indo-Malay influence was often very important, especially if mothers were allowed to raise their children, which is also the connection between most of these otherwise different groups.</p><p><br /></p><p>People from these mixed groups were often key in further development of trade connections, because they were often related to local power, knew local and foreign customs and spoke various local and foreign languages.</p><p><br /></p><p>Immigrants often try to &#039;get on with things&#039; in their new country. But I am glad that he remembered his background, and passed the love on to you.</p><p><br /></p><p>Names for minorities often become derogatory over time, so a new name has to be thought up. Sometimes it is difficult to keep up.<img src="styles/default/xenforo/clear.png" class="mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie75" alt=":playful:" unselectable="on" unselectable="on" /></p><p>If everyone just respected the other person and their background, we wouldn&#039;t have that problem.</p><p><br /></p><p>In the case of the use of &#039;Peranakan&#039; without any explanation, my conclusion is that it is used for the largest mixed population.</p><p>In Indonesia that used to be the Indo-Malay and European mix. But when most of them were kicked out by Sukarno and sent to a country that was foreign to them, it became the next largest group, the Indo-Malay and Chinese mix.</p><p>But as I said, that is just my conclusion.</p><p>And again, Peranakan is just a name. Cultural identity exists independently of a name.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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