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The Malay District mainly lives in the Malaysian area. There are many Malaysian-style restaurants here. Walking here, it is definitely a bit like being in Kuala Lumpur, and it still retains the customs of the Malays.
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The history of the Malay Quarter is as varied as its houses, which were home to slaves brought by the Dutch from Malaysia, Indonesia and Sri Lanka in the 17th and 18th centuries. During the apartheid period, the South African government tried to expropriate the land at a high price, but in order to defend their own place in Cape Town, the Malay villagers collectively resisted the demolition, gave up high compensation for expropriation, and preserved their homes. The government failed to demolition, but did not recognize the legality of their houses, so the Malay houses on this land have not been given legal house numbers. The smart Malays painted their houses with various bright colors very creatively. In order to distinguish their respective house numbers, and new ones are released every year to keep them bright and beautiful. Over time, tourists from all over the world regard this as a scene of Cape Town to visit and tour, and it has become a colorful shooting base. Now there is a very strong Muslim charm here, such as mosques, minarets and shrines. No one will ask you the time here, because since 1806, there will be gunshots at noon every day, and the locals will tell the time according to this gunshot.
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The Malay District mainly lives in the Malaysian area. There are many Malaysian-style restaurants here. Walking here, it is definitely a bit like being in Kuala Lumpur, and it still retains the customs of the Malays.
This small colored house, as if you went to Malaysia, because there was also a part of the gold rush to South Africa, which was Malay in Southeast Asia. Unfortunately, I have no good feelings for Malays in Southeast Asia.
The Malay district of Cape Town is where the Malays who came here to gold about 300 years ago lived. Now it is a separate administrative district, where the majority of the Malays live. The houses here are very distinctive, the exterior walls are painted colorful, and the name looks very beautiful, just like houses built with seven ingenious boards, very interesting.
The Malay district of Cape Town is a very special area, he was a house built from 1652 to 1806, bringing a large number of Malay slave laborers from Southeast Asia. The color of the houses here is very beautiful, most of the houses in the area are listed as monuments to save, really very beautiful, the color is very strong, it is a good place to take pictures.
The rare place in downtown South Africa to get off the bus and walk freely to take pictures is said to be the place where Malays lived before. Before, because of low identity, there was no house number, so color was used to distinguish the house. :) To be honest, it's really pretty, I don't understand why I can go down here without being afraid of people grabbing? Going down and walking, I saw that the windows of the nearby residents were nailed with white wooden boards. It was really like the "I am a legend" scene. The night fell. Zombies come...but this place is really worth taking a chance to see :)
Cape town MaLai District colourful house Cape Town slaves are mainly Malays, Indians, and other people of color in Southeast Asia, low-level jobs, strong struggles, keep traditions, extrajudicial places, just look
This is a colorful community, the outdoor wall paint on the bright and saturated different colors, so that the whole area looks very young and energetic, there are not many residents on the road, there are many tourists taking pictures with the camera, it is not in the city center, it needs to walk a long way to get there.