Category
Visual Arts
Date
10-05-2013 until 23-06-2013
Time
All day event
Venue
Esplanade Tunnel
Where to buy the tickets
Free of Charge
Price
Organiser
Esplanade Presents
Website
http://www.esplanade.com/whats_on/programme_info/va_hokkien_rhymes/index.jsp
Description
This fun and whimsical project presents an investigation into rhymes from the local Hokkien dialect/language and their gradual disappearance. Some examples of these rhymes are:
-Sui Sui Buay Zhau Zui (so good there is no leak) -Lee Eu Zhoey Koey Bak Eu (more excuses than pork lard) -Woon Woon Jia Bee Hoon (stable enough to eat vermicelli)
These rhymes are prevalent in pockets of conversations among an older generation of Singaporeans. Sadly, these quaint rhymes are being eroded through lack of use, with no written records. This project aims to preserve a selection of these quaint rhymes before they disappear.
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