Located at Singapore’s Waterloo Street arts belt, and in close proximity to arts centers, institutions, museums, and schools, the Stamford Arts Centre was re-opened in June 2018 and held its opening celebrations in April 2019 with a weekend of celebratory...
Singapore is home to the Indian Heritage Centre, a heritage institution managed by the National Heritage Board and located in the heart of the Little India historical precinct. It is the only museum in the world that traces the history...
The Singapore Heritage Festival (SHF) has returned for the sixteenth time, from 15 March to 7 April 2019, with a special Singapore Bicentennial edition that will uncover hidden stories; look at this island’s seven-hundred-year history through fresh eyes; and explore...
The seventh month of the lunar calendar is regarded as a month in which the gates of heaven and hell are opened so that ghosts and spirits, including deceased ancestors, can come back to visit the living in China and...
Singapore unveiled its first master plan for the heritage and museum sector, Our SG Heritage Plan (2018-2022), in April 2018, and as part of the master plan, the National Heritage Board of Singapore (NHB) also launched its first national inventory...
By depositing their instrument of ratification respectively on 2 January and 22 February, Kiribati and Singapore became the 176th and 177th States to join the 2003 Convention for the Safeguarding of the Intangible Cultural Heritage. As States Party to the...
Intangible cultural heritage (ICH) as defined by the 2003 UNESCO Convention encompasses the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, and skills, which communities recognize as part of their cultural heritage. In the case of Singapore, ICH is important as it represents the...
The thirteenth International Conference of South Asian Languages, Cultures, and Literatures (ICOSAL-13) was held from 8 to 10 January 2018 in Mysuru, India. ICOSAL is an international forum of scholars that deliberate issues springing from various aspects of languages, cultures,...
The 2017 Cheongju Craft Biennale will be held from 13 September to 22 October 2017 (40 days) at the Old Cheongju Tobacco Processing Plant. This year’s theme is “Hands+ embrace,” which means creating something more than crafts with hands (Hands+)...