Heritage
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Pretty traditional cheongsams for women (and girls) of all shapes and sizes
Embrace CNY by donning the traditional cheongsam with modern designs that do not restrict your movement. Sizes range from 2XS to 4XL.
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The history of City Hall to come alive at the 'City Hall: If Walls Could Talk' exhibition
In conjunction with the Singapore Bicentennial commemoration in 2019, this immersive exhibition takes you through the long-standing and colourful history of City Hall.
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'The Last Artisan': An expat film-maker's love letter to Haw Par Villa's last pioneer craftsman
Craig McTurk, a senior film lecturer at Ngee Ann Polytechnic, thought that it was important to document in detail the story of Teo Veoh Seng.
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Malay heritage snack Roti Boyan still popular and easy to make
You may have spotted this popular heritage snack at Malay food stalls around Singapore. Called Roti Boyan (Bawean), they are either shaped into round or square pastries and deep fried till golden brown. The filling is made of potatoes, onions, celery, spring onions, pepper, salt and egg mixed well together.
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Singapore playgrounds turn heritage icons in upcoming exhibition
This year, the National Museum of Singapore (NMS) is presenting a blockbuster exhibition on the historical development of Singapore’s playgrounds and projections of future playgrounds in Singapore. Titled “The More We Get Together: Singapore’s Playgrounds 1930 – 2030” and running from 20 April to 30 September, the exhibition is developed by the museum in collaboration with the Housing Development Board.
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The historic and untouched Tiong Bahru Air Raid Shelter to open to public for art exhibition
Some of the young artists being featured at the RAID exhibition (from left): Ivan David Ng, Nhawfal Juma’at, Jacqueline Sim and Vanessa Lim. As part of an exhibition for Singapore Art Week 2018 organised by young artists, from this weekend members of the public get to step inside the rarely opened Tiong Bahru Air Raid Shelter. The last remaining pre-war civilian air raid shelter still in existence today, Tiong Bahru Air Raid Shelter is also the only public housing building by the Singapore Imp
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Healing New Orleans: Apothecary Spots in the Creole City
New Orleans has always been a site of healing — even before the French Mississippi Company officially founded the Louisiana city in 1718. 1300 years before Europeans colonized the swampy land, the Mississippi culture, a mound-building Native American civilization, thrived in the bayou, using the herbs of the land for healing rituals linked to the cycles of agriculture. After les Français and los Españoles moved in with their European-trained pharmacists and brought in African slaves who had th
