Street Hawk Culture

Recently, Singapore’s popular and vibrant Street Hawker culture was designated an Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by UNESCO.

About Intangible Cultural Heritage (ICH) by UNESCO

  • ‘Intangible Cultural Heritage’ indicates ‘the practices, representations, expressions, knowledge, skills – as well as the instruments, objects, artefacts and cultural spaces associated therewith – that communities, groups and, in some cases, individuals recognize as part of their Cultural Heritage’. Examples of intangible heritage are oral traditions, performing arts, local knowledge, and traditional skills.
  • ‘Tangible Cultural Heritage’ refers to physical artefacts produced, maintained and transmitted intergenerationally in a society. It includes artistic creations, built heritage such as ....
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