make it an awesome sunday by playing tourist about your town – as we did while traipsing about chinatown after lunch.
we happened by the kong chow chui koon, founded in 1840 (though the centre’s only been around since 2013), and it’s a restored, well-maintained building with quite a few treasures. the caretakers on the ground floor are happy to pass out pamphlets and share information, and you can go upstairs to the other cultural halls.
there’s quite a bit of lion dancing paraphenalia, and a dance studio type space on the second floor where we pretty much made monkeys of ourselves.
very, very cool.
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Kong Chow Wui Koon
321 New Bridge Road
Singapore 088758
tel +65 62239806
http://www.sfcca.sg/en/node/1225
p.s. lion dancing is this ceremonial performance held during important chinese festivals/ milestones, such as the opening of a business of during our very festive new year celebrations. you can usually catch it at your local chinatown!
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