Singapore

Singapore's multicultural heritage shows in hawker food culture, Peranakan beadwork, lion dance and herbal medicine traditions.

Food & cooking Textile & dress Music & dance

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Hawker food culture

Hawker food culture

Cooking affordable dishes from many communities at open-air food centres shared by all.

Peranakan beadwork

Peranakan beadwork

Stitching tiny glass beads into floral motifs on slippers and panels for festive dress.

Textile & dress

Lion dance

Two performers inside a lion costume leap and crouch to drum, cymbal and gong rhythms for luck.

Kebaya tailoring

Kebaya tailoring

Sewing a fitted blouse of sheer fabric with embroidered openwork edges worn over a sarong.

Textile & dress