Singapore’s culture and heritage through the year. Read about the Dragon Boat Festival, the July festivals that combine heritage and the arts and the rituals that keep traditions alive in a modern city. We also cover Peranakan culture, its festivals and spaces, the National Day Parade and what comes next for Singapore, and the legacy of the Youth Olympics for sport. Each piece explains the background as well as the practical details.
Peranakan culture sits at the heart of Singapore’s identity, and once you look past the tourist highlights, a living world of festivals, rituals, and community spaces opens up across the whole island. Who the Peranakans are The Peranakans, also known as Baba-Nyonya, are a community born from the marriage of Chinese traders and local Malay … Read more
Youth Olympic legacy in Singapore is no longer a headline. It is a Saturday morning at your void deck, a kid in a badminton court who never played before, and a nation deciding that sport belongs to everyone. What the 2010 games left behind Singapore did not just host an event in 2010. In the … Read more
The National Day Parade has always been Singapore’s biggest mirror, and in 2026 it reflects a country stepping, deliberately, into its next decade. A new stage for a familiar ritual The theme for this year is “Majulah Singapura, Go Beyond!” The theme reflects Singapore’s ambition to keep progressing while encouraging citizens to support one another … Read more
Singapore rituals run deeper than most visitors expect, and if you know where to look, this city hands its heritage to you fresh every single day. Hawker culture as a shared daily ceremony The hawker centre is where Singapore rituals begin for most people. Every morning, aunties and uncles claim their regular plastic stools at … Read more
July festivals in Singapore arrive like a second heartbeat: the calendar fills so fast that residents sometimes do not realise how much is happening until they are already standing in the middle of it. Why July pulls everything together Singapore schedules major cultural events across the whole year. Yet July is the point where several … Read more
Dragon Boat Festival energy fills Singapore every June, and if you have never felt the beat of a drum on the water, you are missing one of the most alive moments this city produces. The story behind the festival The Dragon Boat Festival commemorates the death of Qu Yuan, a Chinese poet and minister during … Read more
