Keeping tradition alive


Rare talent: Lim posing with her creations at home in Penang. — LIM BENG TATT/The Star

GEORGE TOWN: In the old days, a Nyonya girl who desired to get married had to possess not only the skills of cooking, cleaning and sewing, but also the abilities to crochet, knit and do embroidery.

But the most desirable skill was the ability to do beadwork, according to Peranakan artisan May Lim Seiw Seng.

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