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What does Singapore _ _ mean?

Singapore _ _ refers to the descendants of Chinese in Singapore.

Singapore _ _ is a descendant of Chinese who settled in Malaya (present-day Malaysia) in the early 5th century, including Manraja (Malacca), Mambo (Indonesia) and Sri Lanka (Singapore). He is a descendant of the intermarriage between ancient immigrants from China and indigenous Malays in Southeast Asia. Most of them come from Chaoshan area in Fujian or Guangdong, and they are called Baba Nyangra.

_ _ Nyangra is a transliteration, a native of China, and there are many in Malacca, Penang and Singapore. The man's name is Baba "_ _", and the woman's name is Niangjiao "Niangjiao".

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_ _ Niangjie dress custom:

In fact, Nyonya costume is to replace traditional Malay costume with western-style low-cut shoulder lining and add traditional lace decoration in China. Its colors are not only the bright red and pink of China, but also the auspicious color of Malays-Turkish green. The decorative patterns on the clothes are traditional flowers, birds, fish, insects, dragons and phoenixes in China.

Today, in Singapore, many politicians and wives of celebrities choose some modern Nyonya clothes when they want to go abroad or entertain VIPs, because they think that wearing Nyonya clothes can represent Singapore.