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24 articles
16 May 2025
How 3 young Singaporean chefs are celebrating heritage through food
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SG60
Food is more than just sustenance, it’s an enduring way to pass down culture and history. Culinary advocates who are taking part in Singapore HeritageFest 2025 share with us their different approaches toward celebrating heritage through food.
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4 February 2025
‘Just a blouse’ or so much more? Kebaya makers on Southeast Asia’s iconic heritage garment
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SG60
Putri Nadirah Hassan and Heath Yeo are keeping kebaya traditions alive and making them resonant for new generations.
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1 November 2024
Light and shadow: Wayang kulit's intangible cultural heritage
Adel Ahmad, managing director of performing arts group Sri Warisan, speaks to Kaya on how traditional shadow puppetry has brought him closer to his heritage, and how he developed a “Singapore style” of wayang kulit.
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5 August 2024
We lion danced at the first-ever NDP. Here's what we remember
For Tan Koon Chuan and Lim Ee Beng, performing in 1966’s National Day Parade (NDP) was one highlight of many from Singapore’s Golden Age of lion dance.
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16 April 2024
One Man’s Peranakan Pride, Hidden In The Heart of Joo Chiat
Peranakan culture has seen a resurgence of interest of late, with it being spotlighted in local television shows like The Little Nyonya and Emily of Emerald Hill, while Singapore also hosts the world’s first and only Peranakan Museum. We pay a visit to The Intan, an iconic heritage home museum that punches above its weight.
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26 February 2024
Artisan Andy Yeo's quest to preserve religious effigies
Andy Yeo has nursed a lifelong love for restoring religious effigies. Today, he hopes to breathe new life into this traditional craft.
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19 October 2023
The birth of a nation in 600 square metres: Meet the museum curator and volunteers breathing new life into the Singapore Story
We peek behind the curtain of the Founders’ Memorial pilot exhibition Semangat yang Baru: Forging a New Singapore Spirit
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4 August 2023
One man's lens: Darren Soh and his view of Singapore's landscape
This National Day, Kaya joins veteran architectural photographer Darren Soh on a visual journey through some of his favourite spots in Singapore.
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8 February 2023
Thaipusam: Through the eyes of a devotee
Religious festivals hold a different meaning to everyone. When it comes to Thaipusam, ‘celebration’ is what encapsulates the occasion for Mr S Ganesh – a celebration of purposeful reflection, honouring all the grace he has received in life.
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6 February 2023
Feeding our culture: Woo Wai Leong
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United by rice
The first ever winner of MasterChef Asia, Woo Wai Leong, chews over how food and the way it has evolved has strengthened his sense of belonging to Singapore.
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