October 19, 2011

Talks on Chinese puppets and opera at Sun Yat Sen Memorial Hall

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Wan Qing Yuan ( 晚晴园 ), formerly known as Sun Yat-Sen villa, is now known as the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall. It was closed for redeve...
October 12, 2011

Who says puppets are unrealistic?

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Was very delighted to see puppet display at the Esplanade walkway last month. These puppets are actually depictions of real-life people who ...
September 26, 2011

Sun Yat Sen and Cantonese opera

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Chinese revolutionist Sun Yat Sen is known for his founding of modern China. But do you know that he has a brief contact with Cantonese oper...
August 31, 2011

Italian aria + Southern Chinese music (Nanguan) = Glove Puppet show "Marco Polo"

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"Marco Polo" by Taiyuan Puppet Theatre Company Friday 26 August, Saturday 27 August, 7.15pm & 11.30pm Glass Atrium, Level 2...

The only dalang of Chinese descent in Malaysia

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A Peranakan cina (Chinese Peranakan) of Chinese, Malay and Thai descent working hard to preserve his multicultural tradition and also to pre...
July 27, 2011

Guangdong puppet in early Singapore?

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I have previously mentioned that there are a few puppet types in Singapore during the early twentieth century: 1. Hokkien (Nanguan 南管) gl...
July 15, 2011

Century-old temple at Port Klang due to be demolished soon!

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Just learnt from a friend who lives in Klang that she recently encountered a century-old temple by the name of Cheng Neong Teng (清凉亭) in Por...
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