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For the San Antonio Express News: 8/31/2007

Cultural diversity shines through in Malaysian city

Megan Shank
Special to the Express-News

MELAKA, Malaysia — A lapsed Catholic, the last place I expected to find myself on my recent holiday to Malaysia was at an Ash Wednesday Mass. I didn’t make my way there because I had experienced some call back to the faith, though the southwestern port town of Melaka had restored in me a sense of peace. Rather, my traveling partner and I had set out to witness the sunset seep through the stained-glass windows at St. Peter’s Church and discovered that we had stumbled there on the Lenten holy day. St. Peter’s, among other architectural sites throughout the city, evidences the influence of 16th century Portuguese colonial rule, while other buildings testify to its 18th century Dutch occupation. Yet, despite these European influences, Melaka is a distinctively Asian city.

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