Jan
28
2011
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While colourful, the one thing that images of Thaipusam don’t capture is the sound of the festivities. This video documentary of this year’s Thaipusam in Singapore captures some of the intense music that goes about during the festival.
You can see the two-minute clip here: Thaipusam 2011: Worshipping the God of War
Gather your friends and family and bring them on an exciting and fun journey through historic communities of Little India and Chinatown. For the month of June, we present a new tour of Kampong Gelam, once the historic seat of Malay royalty that’s not just for the history buffs. If you prefer to wander down [...]
Lo! A walking pinecone! This sunda pangolin was spotted recently at the Bukit Brown cemetery by a frequent visitor Konamoto Dominic. You’d be forgiven in thinking that this animal is out of this world – in reality, they are native to Southeast Asia, sightings of them are very rare. Although their scales make them look [...]
Another feature on The Intan, this time by the Urban Sketchers who made a visit earlier this month. Check out the Sketchwalkers’ artwork here. Tweet(function() { var po = document.createElement(‘script’); po.type = ‘text/javascript’; po.async = true; po.src = ‘https://apis.google.com/js/plusone.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(po, s); })();
We hear ever so often about the loss of the community spirit when people moved from kampongs into HDB flats, which greatly diminished the space for social interactions. Compared to your parents and grandparents who lived in kampongs, how much about your neighbours do you know? But people also adapt, and with the new surroundings [...]
After 63 years of broadcasting, Singapore subscription-based radio station Redifussion will go off the air at the end of this month. Redifussion was most notable for its broadcast content in the Chinese dialects. While a digital broadcaster, Redifussion still uses a lot of ‘old school’ technologies like gramophones and vinyl records because of the age [...]
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