With a wide array of tours, exhibitions, performances and workshops happening across our little lion city this Singapore Heritage Festival, unveiling the secrets hidden in our alleys, streets and nooks, here are 7 you should check out with your tots.
1. Armenian Street Party
Location: Peranakan Museum
Date: 15 Mar – 16 Mar 2019
Hour: 6 pm – 10 pm
Admission: FREE
Celebrate the vibrant Peranakan culture at the Armenian Street Party. All you have to bring to the party is yourself, come and enjoy the Peranakan food, try your hand at nonya-inspired craft, and go on a spree shopping at the bazaar offering one-of-a-kind goodies.
You will also get to experience a grand and elaborated Peranakan wedding procession, an event that is rarely seen today.
And if you feel like it, you can hit the dance floor and bust out the moves you’ve been practicing in your shower. Or you can stand back and enjoy captivating performances, a fashion show and maybe even join a wedding procession.
2. Discovering Telok Blangah: A Voyage Through Time (Harbourfront Centre)
Location: Harbourfront Centre
Date: 18 Mar – 24 Mar 2019
Hour: 10 am – 10 pm
Admission: FREE
Before Singapore, there was Temasek and another lesser-known settlement, Telok Blangah. Discovering Telok Blangah: A Voyange Through Time is an exhibition that showcases the stories of this early settlement, before the British.
3. Trading Stories
Location: Bedok Mall
Date: 15 Mar – 24 Mar 2019
Hour: 10 am – 10 pm
Admission: FREE
With fast developing technology, a lot of olden day jobs are quickly becoming obsolete, it wouldn’t be surprising if your little ones do not know of the jobs that existed back then. Bring them down to Trading Stories exhibition at Bedok Mall.
The exhibition, recounting the personal lives of six different people from six different walks of life-- a traditional goldsmith, movie poster painter, tukang urut (Malay confinement lady), Samsui woman, poultry farmer and letter writer—is bound to intrigue them.
4. Stories for Childen: Wu Song Fights a Tiger
Location: Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall
Date: 24 Mar 2019
Hour: 2 pm – 5 pm
Admission: FREE
Lose yourselves in the adventurous fable “Wu Song Fights a Tiger” from the Chinese Classic “Water Margin”!
5. Letterpress Guided Tour
Location: Golden Mile Complex
Date: 30 Mar – 31 Mar | 6 Apr – 7 Apr 2019
Hour: 10 am – 11 am | 5 pm – 6 pm
Admission: $20/adult | $15/student
We may be turning into digital creatures, with our phones and tablets, but there is just something about holding an actual paper in our hands.
There are many ways you can make prints, letterpress printing is one of it. This centuries-old craft is a tedious process, especially when compared to modern technology and there are very few studios who continue this art, Typesettingsg being one of the few.
Gather your tots for a first-hand experience of the old-school printing style at the studio and bring back your very own self-made print.
If you are interested in this tour, please book your spots soon as spaces are very limited.
6. Hello, Kranji - Nyee Phoe (Gardenasia): Farm to Table Heritage Steamboat Exclusive
Location: Nyee Phoe Gardenasia
Date: 6 Apr – 7 Apr 2019
Hour:
- Sat: 10.30 am – 10.30 pm
- Sun: 10.00 am – 5.30 pm
Admission: $58.80++ for 2
Feast your taste buds on a steaming “Farm to Table” steamboat full of the fresh produce brought to you by local farms. Yes, we do have farms.
Be sure to reserve your tables early as there are limited sets per day.
7. FOODPASS
Location: Kranji Countryside
Date: 6 Apr – 7 Apr 2019
Admission: FREE
Speaking of farms, you’re probably wondering where they are in this city scattered with high-rise buildings no matter where you turn. The answer is Kranji Countryside. Here you’ll find vegetable farms, goat farms, cow farms, frog farms, fish farms, and farms, farms, farms.
Explore the various farms on the FOODPASS trail and discover how plants, vegetables and fruits are grown, how animals are cared for and more. It’s a delightful little deviation from the usual hustle and bustle of the city life.
For more information, click here.
Photo credits Singapore Heritage Festival
