Singapura Stories Seminar Nine, in conjunction with Pesta Raya 2016 Saturday 6 August, 2016 2-4:30pm Library @Esplanade Free seating – Registration not required This Seminar, held in conjunction with Pesta Raya 2016 by Esplanade Theatres, presents two talks by well-known experts who contextualise Malay adat and material culture within wider cultural perspectives. The talks emphasise […]
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Come for a seminar and public forum where you can view an accurately finished and detailed virtual reconstruction of this demolished national cultural landmark of 1960s to 1980s Singapore, hear a range of recollections on the cultural activities once hosted there, and listen to the architect revisit the ideas and considerations behind its design. Singapura Stories Seminar 10 […]
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Singapura Stories Seminar Eight Some of the items kept by the artist behind one of the murals, Shamsuddin H Akib, father of the speaker Dahlia Shamsuddin. The three murals were commissioned following a competition held in 1963. In 1963, two artists won a competition to design murals for the new terminal building for the Paya […]
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SINGAPURA STORIES SEMINAR SIX: PULAU SUDONG HISTORIES The founding of the Silat Gayong movement | Community histories & Resettlement | Sea sports & fisherfolk skills Date: Saturday 16 Jan, 2015 Time: 2pm – 05:30pm Venue: MHC Auditorium, Malay Heritage Centre Free event. Register by emailing NHB_MHC_Programmes@nhb.gov.sg Following on from the successful Seminar in May 2014 on […]
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There is wizardry in cooking. So I was told by mum as I poked around the kitchen as a young boy, amazed by the various transformations of just one dish before my eyes. That dish is the rendang, which hails from West Sumatra, that has today become part of the pan-Malay culinary repertoire. Like most […]
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The Google Doodle Zubir Said, the composer of Majulah Singapura, the national anthem of Singapore, was honoured with a Google Doodle on his 107th birthday on 22 July 2014. He was born in Bukittinggi, Sumatra, on 22 July 1907 and travelled to Singapore in 1928 when he was 21 years old. He passed away on 16 November 1987 […]
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