These tiles look at home on the front facade of a typical Peranakan house in Katong – but they’re not architectural decorations. These are tiles from the graves at Bukit Brown Cemetery: 
The collage was created by Joy Loh, who recently went for a walk through Bukit Brown Cemetery on a Peranakan-themed trail. You can read about her visit to the cemetery here. If you’re on Facebook, you may also want to join the Bukit Brown group here.
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