November 13, 2011

Puppet performance to mark the opening of new Chong Yee temple

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Was finally at Chong Yee temple on 12 November although the actual puppet performance started one day before. Here are some pictures of the ...
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...