Customs & Rituals
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Dong Dong Dong Chiang!*
Jasmine Kamiko | 23 January 2012
Jasmine Kamiko shows how you can celebrate and enjoy the Chinese Lunar New Year just like the locals. *Sounds made by Chinese cymbals and drums during festivities.
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Family, food and fun
Singapore Kopitiam Team | 02 January 2012
As Singapore celebrates Chinese New Year on 23-24 January, some foreign residents too, are welcoming the lunar new year in their own way.
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Open wide
Singapore Kopitiam Team | 19 December 2011
Local traditional medicine is going down better than ever today, thanks to savvy marketers with an eye on younger consumers.
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A lesson in tradition
Singapore Kopitiam Team | 29 August 2011
Celebrating Hari Raya Aidilfitri, one of the most important dates on the Islamic calendar, has led Ong May Ling to appreciate its customs.
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Being a born-again Asian, during lunar new year
Clifford Wong | 01 February 2011
Singapore Kopitiam writer Clifford Wong tells us how the Lunar New Year has grown in importance for him since moving to Singapore.
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From the World to Singapore
Singapore Kopitiam Team | 01 December 2010
SingaporeKopitiam.sg checks out the exquisite gifts at Presidential Presents, a royal showcase at the National Museum of Singapore.
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Thanksgiving Day in Singapore
Richard Hartung | 24 November 2010
Find out why Thanksgiving is about experiencing Black Fridays, eating Tandoori turkeys and learning how to cook from Martha Stewart.
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A Happy Coffin before you die
Singapore Kopitiam Team | 02 October 2010
Nursing home residents and designers celebrate the art of dying in Singapore. Happy Coffins seek to challenge the taboo of death.
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Presidential Presents: State Gifts from 1962 to 2009
Singapore Kopitiam Team | 21 September 2010
For the first time, a collection of 50 selected official gifts received by the six Presidents of Singapore will be on display at the National Museum of Singapore.
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The Beauty, the rabbit and the woodcutter
Jasmine Kamiko | 18 September 2010
Singapore Kopitiam writer Jasmine Kamiko recounts the Chinese legends behind the Mid-Autumn Festival.
Kopi-TV: Places & Heritage
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You Can't Goh Rong: Getais and hungry ghosts
Find out the real reason behind empty front row seats at a getai during the Hungry Ghost Festival.
