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21 – 25 Dec Guided Walks @ Bukit Brown

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Meeting Point for all events at Lorong Halwa gates

Sat 21 Dec : 9am- 11.30am : Walk with Han Zhong & Jing Jie  (Facebook Registration here)

Join the two ex-Chinese High students as they walk around Bukit Brown, and share with you the delights of its flora and fauna, as well as stories of Singaporean pioneers that are associated with their alma mater.

Sun 22 Dec: 4pm-6.30pm : Poetry Readings at Twilight Walk (Facebook Registration here)

Follow Bianca, Claire and Mil as they walk through the cemetery at twilight and stop along the route to read poetry and excerpts of theatre play scripts. The readings will be in English. Tour participants are encouraged to take photos and record videos.  We will feature amongst others poems of the Singapore poet Khoo Seok Wan, whose grave is at Bukit Brown and staked to be exhumed in the near future. We will also pay tribute to the early pioneers from the 1830s cluster of graves that will make way for the highway.

Wed 25 Dec : 9am – 11.30am : Christmassy Tidings at Bukit Brown with Chew Keng Kiat (Facebook Registration here)

Bukit Brown. Land of One Hundred Thousand Stories. ‘Tis the season to remember.

Disclaimer: By agreeing to take this walking tour of Bukit Brown Cemetery, I understand and accept that I must be physically fit and able to do so.To the extent permissible by law, I agree to assume any and all risk of injury or bodily harm to myself and persons in my care (including child or ward)

General Information:

Bukit Brown is on the World Monuments Watch list 2014 . Find out what makes this a heritage site worthy of preserving. http://bukitbrown.com/main/?p=7930

For information on how to get there and handy tips please visit Getting There/ 集合地点

 

shadows (Photo: Claire Leow)