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  2. Chinatown, Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Singapore's Chinatown is known as Niu che shui [b] in Mandarin, Gû-chia-chúi in Hokkien, and Ngàuh-chē-séui in Cantonese - all of which mean "bullock water-cart" - and Kreta Ayer in Malay, [c] which means "water cart". This is due to the fact that Chinatown's water supply was principally transported by animal-driven carts in the 19th century.

  3. Culture of Singapore - Wikipedia

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    Singapore's indigenous culture originates primarily from the Austronesian people that arrived from the island of Taiwan, settling between 1500 and 1000 BCE.It was then influenced during the Middle Ages primarily by multiple Chinese dynasties such as the Ming and Qing, as well as by other Asian countries such as the Majapahit Empire, Tokugawa shogunate, and the Ryukyu Kingdom.

  4. Chinese Singaporeans - Wikipedia

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    The Singapore Department of Statistics defines "Chinese" as a "race" or "ethnic group", in conjunction with "Malay, Indian and Others" under the CMIO model. [10] They consist of "persons of Chinese origin" such as the Hokkiens, Teochews, Hainanese, Cantonese, Hakka, Henghuas, Hokchias and Foochows, Shanghainese, Northern Chinese, etc." [11] Chinese Singaporeans are defined as the "Chinese ...

  5. Club Street - Wikipedia

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    The street was named Club Street due to its abundance of Chinese clubs in early Singapore history. [1] Clubs such as the Chinese Weekly Entertainment Kee Lam Club, a Straits-Chinese club formed in 1891, Chui Lan Teng Club, mainly for Chinese businessman to socialise and the Ee Hoe Hean Club, an exclusive prestigious Chinese club in the 1920s are located at the street which leads to competitive ...

  6. Chinese New Year customs in Singapore - Wikipedia

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    In Singapore, the troupe performs the lion dance to snap off a sprig of lettuce and a red packet. More challenging tasks such as peeling open a pomelo and pinning down a crab are other examples that lion dancers perform. In recent times, many lion dance troupes use the Singapore drum instead of the traditional version as it has a softer ...

  7. Social issues in Chinatowns - Wikipedia

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    In modern times, competing Asian street gangs and organized crime, such as the tongs and the Hong Kong-based triads, continue to plague the metropolitan Chinatowns worldwide where Triads have their operations, including London, United Kingdom; New York City/New Jersey, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Chicago, Philadelphia, Las Vegas, and Boston, United States; Sydney, Australia; and ...

  8. Chinatowns in Asia - Wikipedia

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    Chinatowns in Asia are widespread with large concentrations of overseas Chinese in East Asia and Southeast Asia, and ethnic Chinese whose ancestors came from southern China — particularly the provinces of Guangdong, Fujian, and Hainan — and settled in countries such as Brunei, Cambodia, East Timor, Indonesia, India, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand ...

  9. Buddha Tooth Relic Temple and Museum - Wikipedia

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    Nagapuspa Buddhist Culture Museum (Chinese: 龍華文物館; pinyin: Lónghuá Wénwù Guǎn): This museum, in contrast to the rest of the temple, is designed as a less overtly religious environment. It has a total of 278 exhibits, ranging from modern expressionistic works to 2nd and 3rd century Gandharan statuary.

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