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my mum's kampung: Gopeng a.k.a Gopenghagen
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My cousin invited us to his daughter's wedding last weekend...where else but at my Omak's kampung. Here, the local dialect is Rao, decendants from a remote region in Padang Sumatra... by the way, Gopeng'hagen' is one of two similar sounded european cities in the state of Perak....the other is Parit or Paree....Get It? hehe, gotta have some sense of humor there...
A few kampongs dotted along the Gopeng-Kampar trunk road where the Rao descendants reside since the turn of the 20th century...my great great grandparents were the early settlers there, they were the people who were attracted to the bustling tin mines then (Kinta Valley, the tin mine centre of the world in its heyday) and also the lucrative rubber plantations. They set up their residential kampongs like Kg Lawan Kuda, Kg Pulai, Kg Gunung Mesah Ulu dan Hilir, Kg Gunong Panjang and Kg Sg Itek. Right up to the Selangor border,there were a few Rao settlements in Bidor, Tapah, Telok Intan, Tg Malim and Kalumpang (Selangor). Northwards they had settlements in Padang Rengas, Selama and of course Penang Island (Leboh Acheh & Kg Rawa). But in Penang, on my father's side, they were businessman who thrived on trades between middle east (haj sheiks) and South east asia. They also involve themselves in publishing and printing activities...i suppose, being educated during those days gives you added advantage.
BTW, Rao calls their mums Omak (emak) or sometimes referred to as ONDAIK. Grandmas are called UCI and grandpas as NINIEK. Favourite dish is GULAI LOMAK, and in any Rao kenduri in my kampung, there will be GULAI LOMAK NANGKO (nangka) and RONDANG Tok...and during Hari Raya, there will be the Rao version of dodol cooked in bamboo known as KELAMAI. Another favourite dish is ASAM DAGIENG. And i would also like to mention here that one of the best tasting durians in the world comes from my mum's kampong in Gunung Mesah & Lawan Kuda.
Some Rao's terms that would describe free time activities would include mengecek, melantak, melalak, berpeleseran but not mengumpek.
Young men is Pajar and young women is Pedusi....
In malay the typical term would be "Lah" as in boleh Lah...but in Rao it would be TANG or PAK EI, SANG etc...eg mengapo TANG kilen ko, mm pak ei, bak pareh borok sang, indo sang ketuen nampak ku....
(if you understand that, you're a true blue Rao-an.
Oh well, the kampong has been replaced by more modern houses now, but the old houses are vacated and dilapidated. I suppose the younger generation tend to move on to the cities where employment is abundant... 
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My cousin invited us to his daughter's wedding last weekend...where else but at my Omak's kampung. Here, the local dialect is Rao, decendants from a remote region in Padang Sumatra... by the way, Gopeng'hagen' is one of two similar sounded european cities in the state of Perak....the other is Parit or Paree....Get It? hehe, gotta have some sense of humor there...
A few kampongs dotted along the Gopeng-Kampar trunk road where the Rao descendants reside since the turn of the 20th century...my great great grandparents were the early settlers there, they were the people who were attracted to the bustling tin mines then (Kinta Valley, the tin mine centre of the world in its heyday) and also the lucrative rubber plantations. They set up their residential kampongs like Kg Lawan Kuda, Kg Pulai, Kg Gunung Mesah Ulu dan Hilir, Kg Gunong Panjang and Kg Sg Itek. Right up to the Selangor border,there were a few Rao settlements in Bidor, Tapah, Telok Intan, Tg Malim and Kalumpang (Selangor). Northwards they had settlements in Padang Rengas, Selama and of course Penang Island (Leboh Acheh & Kg Rawa). But in Penang, on my father's side, they were businessman who thrived on trades between middle east (haj sheiks) and South east asia. They also involve themselves in publishing and printing activities...i suppose, being educated during those days gives you added advantage.
Some Rao's terms that would describe free time activities would include mengecek, melantak, melalak, berpeleseran but not mengumpek.
Young men is Pajar and young women is Pedusi....
In malay the typical term would be "Lah" as in boleh Lah...but in Rao it would be TANG or PAK EI, SANG etc...eg mengapo TANG kilen ko, mm pak ei, bak pareh borok sang, indo sang ketuen nampak ku....
(if you understand that, you're a true blue Rao-an.
Oh well, the kampong has been replaced by more modern houses now, but the old houses are vacated and dilapidated. I suppose the younger generation tend to move on to the cities where employment is abundant...
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