Generally Baba and Nyonya retrain to follow Chinese traditional beliefs and Buddha's teaching. However, many of them tend to follow Christianity that are very popular among teens. Just like the Chinese, Baba and Nyonya also celebrate Lunar New Year, Lantern Festival and other Chinese Festivals. At the same time, they still maintaining to practice Malay and English customs. Most of Baba and Nyonya practicing Buddha, as a funeral practice they choose to burn the dead body. But for Baba and Nyonya who is practicing Islam as their religion, they will manage in Islam way.
Baba and Nyonya practicing a mixture beliefs between Malay and Chinese beliefs. As an example, they still believe in shaman. When a baby can not stop crying, they commonly uses shaman to cure it. The propose is to fight the evil spirits the baby was surrounded with. Most of Baba and Nyonya also tend to practice Buddha's teachings, they believe in gods and whorsipped them. They often visiting temple to pray.
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