The opening day of Festa San Pedro 2022 tomorrow will see more than 30 fishing boats taking centre stage.
Festa San Pedro 2022 marks the return of festivities in the Portuguese Settlement in Melaka. The festival is held to honour the feast day of St Peter, the patron saint of fishermen. Pictured are boats of fishermen belonging to the Kristang fishing community residing at the Portuguese Settlement. Photo: The Star/Filepicat the Portuguese Settlement in Ujong Pasir, Melaka for the first time in two years.
Every year, the community in the Portuguese Settlement will come together for the main day of Fiesta San Pedro on June 29 to celebrate the fishermen in the village, attend church and observe the blessing of the boats, which will be decorated for the occasion. The past two years have been quiet affairs for the community because of the pandemic.
“It’s been a difficult past two years, people are still recovering but the pandemic has also shown us how to be resilient. This year’s Festa San Pedro isn’t going to be rolled out on a grand scale, but we have put together an event that reflects the community spirit here. There will be a party and a stage for the weekend festivities, but we want to offer the masses more.
“To decorate the festival, we will be using attap leaves. It’s a reminder that we used to have a big mangrove area to collect the attap. Despite things being compact in scale, you will also see a lot of the old Kristang traditions making a return this year,” she adds, referring to the attap leaves used as roofs for houses in the Portuguese Settlement in the early days and also the traditional Kristang cuisine, music and folk games in the festival programme.
On the literary front, Kristang heritage advocate Joseph Sta Maria will launch his book 'The Malacca Portuguese: Saving Our Culture & Traditions at 5pm on June 30. Photo: Joseph Sta Maria
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