November 11, 2010

Shadow puppets and wayang kulit in modern Singapore

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Listening to Malaysia Aifm 104.9FM DJ Ji An's program who was talking about the oldest shadow puppet troupe in Taiwan, I was prompted to...
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November 2, 2010

Marionette performance at Xuan Jiang Dian

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Just to share a video put up by chinatownboy... Performance venue: Xuan Jiang Dian 玄江殿, Bukit Merah View Troupe: Possibly by the Feng Hua...
October 20, 2010

Look around you and discover treasure!

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Another overdue post on a talk held at Bukit Merah Library on "Old Chinese Dialect Songs and rhymes" on October 9, 2010.  The ...

Marionette performance and event in honour of Xuan Tian Shang Di

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I apologize for the late post on this event held on 11 October (4th day, 9th month of the lunar calendar) in honour of Xuan Tian Shang Di 玄天...
October 7, 2010

Sky Bird Puppet Troupe

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I have read this book 《香港传统木偶戏探源》(translation: Examining the origins of traditional puppetry in HK) some time ago but little did I realize t...
October 4, 2010

Chancing upon more puppet troupes

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Happen to chance upon more puppet troupes of Singapore on Flickr but I have yet to find out if they are still extant. Here's a glimpse: ...
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September 30, 2010

Female makeup artists for the dead

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Read on the news about a talk on death and inspired me to write this piece.  Several years ago, I read about a story 《像我这样的一个女子》("A Wo...
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