00:01The traditional footwear in Melaka is why it's like a size size.
00:05For those who don't have to stamp the passport,
00:11it's just adventurous.
00:13I can explore the different shops here
00:18because it's kind of like this.
00:22Like this, I think this is the oldest shoe maker
00:26here on the side of Melaka.
00:29And of course, back in the day,
00:32because I grew up in a Chinese community,
00:35I realized that the old Chinese,
00:40from the small ones until they got out,
00:44this is like hundreds of years ago,
00:47their shoes were stuck in a size of shoes.
00:53Hello, sir.
00:54Hello, welcome.
00:56Hello, I'm Andrew. Hello, hello, hello.
00:59Can I sit down?
01:00You're welcome.
01:00Oh, fantastic.
01:02Wow.
01:03So how long have you been making shoes?
01:06It's already three generations.
01:08Do you still make those small shoes?
01:11Not anymore.
01:11Nobody uses it.
01:13Ah, nobody uses it.
01:14For decoration.
01:14What was the logic behind those small shoes?
01:18It's the smaller the feet, the more beauty.
01:21So they pronounce it as the golden lotus feet.
01:26Golden lotus feet.
01:28Yeah.
01:28So it will limit the growth of the feet.
01:32Yeah, they have to break the bones.
01:34They never stopped binding her feet from two years old.
01:37At that time, it was considered very attractive.
01:42Yeah, yeah, yeah. Very sexy.
01:44Now, it's not being...
01:46Illegal.
01:47Illegal in 1911.
01:491911.
01:49The Chinese Revolution.
01:52Bounded feet shoes ang tawag nila rito.
01:55Ang bawat kulay, may okasyong sinisimbolo.
01:57Ang matitingkad, ginagamit sa ordinaryong araw.
02:00Pula naman kapag araw ng kasal.
02:02At itim, na sumisimbolo sa kamatayan o kapag maililibing.
02:08Sa ngayon, nanatili na lang itong paalala ng kanilang kasaysayan.
02:11Ang ibang mga turista, nagpapagawa nito bilang unique souvenir galing Melaka.
02:19Para naman sa may mga regular na sukat ng paa,
02:22Cashoot Manic, ang kanilang traditional beaded footwear.
02:26Ang bawat disenyo ng glass beadwork, sumasalumin sa tiyaga at kakayahan ng mga nonya o kababaihan noon.
02:34But now, we make these Baba Nonya beaded sanders.
02:38Girls and men.
02:39Oh, nice!
02:40Yeah, yeah.
02:40What is a very unique and distinct style or pattern?
02:46Depend on the beats.
02:48Depend on the beats?
02:49Hmm, naparang mang artist akong mga bihero.
02:52Pero parang alam ko na ito ah.
02:54Pair are different grades.
02:56Yeah, yeah.
02:56One pair of sandals would cost how much?
02:59It's around say 150 to 950.
03:03That's 12 to 15 thousand pesos.
03:06But it is custom made and it's very...
03:09Wow!
03:09But this shoe can last forever.
03:12I can try it, sir.
03:13I can try it, sir.
03:13It's the beast.
03:16Oh, goodness gracious.
03:17Here we go.
03:20Oh, I am not wearing my glasses, sir, Raymond.
03:25But the beast, they all wear snow.
03:27Oh, boy.
03:28I am so...
03:30Oh, wow!
03:35I think the needle is too big.
03:38So this one?
03:40Yeah, yeah, yeah.
03:41Where do you put it?
03:44It's one from here.
03:46Oh, there.
03:59There.
04:00There.
04:02One by one.
04:04That's why it takes a few months.
04:05That's right.
04:07Sabi ko na.
04:08Sabi ko na.
04:09Bakit pa kasi akong tanong na can I try?
04:11What if mag-cry na lang?
04:13Bago pa man natin tuluyang magulo ang kanilang disenyo
04:16at mapagalitan pa ni Tito,
04:18Tingin na natin to.
04:21Ayan na miting kay sa biyahe.
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04:34Hee-haw!
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