Through the bamboo window
Subtitle: Chinese life & culture in 1950s, Singapore & Malaya
By: Leon Comber.
Contributors: Singapore Heritage Society.
Publisher: Talisman; Singapore Heritage Society
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Singapore
Language: eng
Number of pages: 303
ISBN-13: 9789810814663
Subjects: Chinese -- Singapore -- Social life and customs; Chinese -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Social life and customs; Chinese -- Singapore -- Religion; Chinese -- Malaysia -- Malaya -- Religion
Description: This volume collects together and reprints four classic books written in the 1950s by Dr Leon Comber: Chinese Ancestral Worship; Chinese Festivals in Malaya; Chinese Magic & Superstition in Malaya; and Chinese Temples in Singapore. These books on Chinese life and customs were reprinted many times but have long been out of print. Written for the layperson, the style is simple and unpretentious, yet Comber meticulously presents a veritable cornucopia of a culture still relevant and extant in modern Southeast Asia. This new publication addresses the rich heritage of the overseas Chinese community's roots and practices, and those reading about or visiting Southeast Asia will find it a ready source of information and knowledge of ancient and classic Chinese culture.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 293-297) and indexes.