Macanese Nursery Rhyme.Rima de Embalar Macaense .This is an old Macanese nursery rhyme commonly known as “Senhor Capitam”. Esta é uma rima de embalar Macaense antiga, conhecida por “Senhor Capitam”. Patuá English Tum-ta-tum-ta-tum, Sinhô Capitám, Co espada na cinta, co rota na mam. Tum-ta-tum-ta-tum. Here’s the Captain, With a sword in his sash and a cane […]
Talu Jorge Remedios.The basic requirements are just two sticks: a ‘bat’ about 18 inches long and a talu or peewee which is a wooden dowel about 1 inch in diameter and 3 to 5 inches long, sharpened at both ends.The batter begins by flicking the talu with the bat from a hole in the ground
Pastimes by Frederic A. “Jim” da Silva Edited extract of an article, Times Past and Pastimes Some old childhood games of Hong Kong are now obsolete or forgotten, but some others remain – marbles, for instance. As children, we had different games involving marbles. There was the traditional game with marbles placed in a ring drawn in
On Macanese Nicknames Frederic A. (Jim) Silva Edited version of an article first published in the UMA Bulletin Introduction I shall take a chance and risk offending 49% of our Macanese community in order to raise a chuckle or two from the other 51%. Here goes. Besides the preparation and consumption of “our kind” of
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Music There are only a few pieces of music entirely attributable to Macau, notably Macau Lullaby, an old, traditional nursery rhyme, and its score here by Harry Ore and John Braga. Existem apenas algumas peças musicais inteiramente atribuíveis a Macau, nomeadamente Macao Lullaby, uma antiga canção de embalar tradicional e sua partitura aqui por Harry
