Singapore is a multi ethnic country and it is very common to see people of different ethnic groups interacting with each other. The immigrants of the past includes Malay, Chinese, Indian and Europeans. Every culture has its own unique character. Since we have so many different culture in Singapore, it is very important for us to live racial harmonically to avoid racial riots and we do that by respecting each other's culture. In Singapore education system, we are required to learn English and our mother tongue so that we can communicate with other ethnic groups using English and at the same time not lose touch with our own culture. Singlish, as one of Singapore's unique cultural aspect, is widely used by Singaporeans in daily lives.
It is the mixture of English with Malay and chinese words.
Due to the different ethnic groups, Singaporeans celebrate festival of special significance throughout the year.
Chinese normally celebrates Chinese New Year, Chinese Valentine's Day, Qing Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival and Mooncake Festival.
Malays celebrates Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raja Haji.
Indians celebrates Thaipusam, Deepavali and Vesak Day.
Europeans celebrates New Year, Easter, Labor Day and Christmas.
However some Singaporean celebrates festival of other cultures too. For example, during Chinese new year, some Chinese will invite people of other ethnic race to celebrate with them and most Singaporeans also celebrate Christmas.
Although Singapore is a small country, We believe that our culture will slowly get richer and richer as time passes.
It is the mixture of English with Malay and chinese words.
Due to the different ethnic groups, Singaporeans celebrate festival of special significance throughout the year.
Chinese normally celebrates Chinese New Year, Chinese Valentine's Day, Qing Ming Festival, Dragon Boat Festival, Hungry Ghost Festival and Mooncake Festival.
Malays celebrates Hari Raya Puasa and Hari Raja Haji.
Indians celebrates Thaipusam, Deepavali and Vesak Day.
Europeans celebrates New Year, Easter, Labor Day and Christmas.
However some Singaporean celebrates festival of other cultures too. For example, during Chinese new year, some Chinese will invite people of other ethnic race to celebrate with them and most Singaporeans also celebrate Christmas.
Although Singapore is a small country, We believe that our culture will slowly get richer and richer as time passes.
In our next post, we will talk about the different traditional clothes, cuisines and tradition of different ethnic groups.
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