Bangsawan In Singapore
Bangsawan and the Bukit Brown connection. One of the earliest impresarios of traditional Malay Opera is buried in Bukit Brown and is highlighted in Group 2 Tour. The Beginning of Bangsawan in Singapore by Norman Cho Before the advent of the television or the sound movies, theatrical performances were the few forms of entertainment available to the masses. One of which was the Bangsawan. The Bangsawan (Malay Opera) troupes consisted of professional Malay actors. The origins of the Bangsawan probably originated from the […]
Memories – Myths
Memories – Myths Zaobao, March 25, 2012 Extract: Art Festival General Manager Low Kee Hong : The pace of our development is getting quicker, every generation needs to preserve their memories, from the Railway Station, Methodist Girl School old school site to Bukit Brown Cemetery. But finally we are not unable to keep these environment, only preserve these memories in digital photographs or in our memories. But will these memories of ours became myths, lost poems or finally lost? He […]
Walk of Fame, Darkly
by Andrew Tan In Bukit Brown Cemetery, an avenue, like prime real estate, connects Singapore’s prominent families—all inter-related, as these powerful cliques were linked by arranged marriages to perpetuate their wealth and influence through six generations, during 150 years of British rule (1819 to 1959). Chronology 1819-1867 Beginnings The earliest Asian elites in Singapore were comprador-kapitans from Malacca, who brokered with European (mainly British) companies, exclusive credit and arms deals. To procure native products for Europeans, compradors resourced from powerful […]
Su Min’s Luminous Tour
My Ancestry at Bukit Brown by Lim Su Min. Saturday 21 April,9 am – 11 am. I am Lim Su Min, a retired doctor and grandfather to 5 children. I have identified 7 direct ancestors buried at Bukit Brown going back 5 generations for me, 7 generations for my grandchildren. My ancestors reposing at Bukit Brown include the parents and grandparents of Dr. Lim Boon Keng and Tan Tock Seng’s son and grandson, Tan Kim Ching and Tan Boo Liat […]
Will we really remember our cultural identity?
By Ng Yi Shu writing for The Online Citizen The debate with regards to Bukit Brown had raged for close to a year. With LTA’s and MND’s go-ahead on the eight-lane highway and the call for moratorium on the highway gone unheeded, there is nothing the NGOs can do today to stop the destruction of our heritage. But with all honesty, will we remember the our ancestral heritage and culture? Will we even care? This is a hard question that […]
Ode to a Sparrow
From Bukit Brown’s Poet- in- Residence – a poem inspired by a little sparrow “captured” by Bukit Brown’s Photographer- in- Residence. Be inspired and be of good hope. LITTLE SPARROW ON THE TREE by Lim Su Min What seeeth thou from up there, Little sparrow on the tree With thine tiny eyes thy vision cast Across this cemetery? Canst thou see the things unseen Thousands upon thousands of souls in pain Canst thou hear with thine tiny ears Their plaintive […]
Alvin reflects on Bukit Brown
Theatre practitioner, Alvin Tan visits Bukit Brown for the first time and shares his impressions and reflections on where he sees its place in the Singapore story – past, present and future It began with a text message: Jasmine alerts me to a Bukit Brown walk (Saturday 14 April 2012) on SMS: Hi all, Any one up for a stroll through Bukit Brown this Saturday morning 14th APRIL from 9am to 11-ish? The good volunteer peeps of the Heritage […]
Preservation and the Soul of Nation
From Catherine: I wrote this almost 5 years ago for The Straits Times. It seems to stand the test of time Preservation and the soul of a nation Catherine Lim Suat Hong, For The Straits Times, 17 July 2007 (c) 2007 Singapore Press Holdings Limited MY FAMILY home, the National Stadium and an 80-year-old tree that was just felled over the weekend – in my mind they are all connected, and at three levels of engagement, from the personal, to […]
Tours 2!
We are resuming weekend public tours as promised after Qing Ming from 21st April to May 13th. Our committed band of volunteer guides who will guide in pairs will be conducting tours over the next 4 weekends with standard times from 9 am – 11 am, meeting at the ‘ole raintree just as you enter the gates of Bukit Brown Cemetery. Please look out for updates on this page. The only exception is the tour on Saturday 28th April which […]
My Cheng Beng
淸明- 杜牧 (唐著名詩人) 淸明時節雨紛紛 qīng míng shí jié yǔ fēn fēn 路上行人欲斷魂 lù shàng xíng rén yù duàn hún 借問酒家何處在 jiè wèn jiǔ jiā hé chù yǒu 牧童遙指杏花村 mù tóng yáo zhǐ xìng huā cūn Incessantly the rain falls during Qingming On the roads are travelers deep in sorrow Where is there a tavern to be found? The shepherd boy points to Xinghua (Almond Flower) Village in the distance (poem by Dumu translated by Ang Yik Han) My Cheng Beng […]
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