Description

A series of pre-festival roadshows that will give the public an overview of what the festival will be all about. Interactive activities and games will also engage the audience while giving them a hands-on preview of what they can expect at the festival.

Date

10 June to 9 July 2006

Venue(s)

Shopping centres and libraries

Remarks

For the detailed schedule of the roadshows, please refer to the festival brochure or the festival website.

Description

DJ-manned stations that will visit schools during recess to provide students with an opportunity to express themselves with music. Students would be able to dedicate songs related to identity and belonging to their friends. There would also be a graffiti scroll for students to express themselves on their sense of identity and belonging

Date

26 June to 7 July 2006

Venue(s)

10 secondary schools

(Schools to make a booking for a visit by Heritage Radio to their schools. For the schedule of Heritage Radio, please visit the festival website in mid-June 2006)

Highlights

Catch the special appearances by Perfect 10 DJs at the Heritage Radio events.

Remarks

Heritage Radio is commissioned by the National Heritage Board and presented by ACT 3 International.

Description

Home to the festival’s anchor exhibition, What Makes You, You?, cultural performances and Kids’ Zone, a special zone dedicated to children. It is also a one-stop information centre for the festival as well as the starting point of the Expedition ‘H’ tours.

Date

12 to 23 July 2006

Venue(s)

Tropics Atrium and Galleria Foyer, Suntec City Mall

Time

10am to 8pm

Remarks

Admission to the festival hub and all its activities are free.

Description

An exhibition that aims to get visitors to embark on a journey of self-discovery on what makes us who we are. This exhibition explores the question of identity on five different levels:

§         the physical (our biometrics);

§         the family (the roles we each play and how members of inter-ethnic families grapple with the question of identity);

§         the community  (the different communities we belong to, from schools to NS to the workplace);

§         the nation (what makes us Singaporean, and how do others view us);

§         the world (Singaporeans as global citizens and how we individually have and can make a difference internationally).

Venue(s)

Tropics Atrium

Exhibition highlights

Find out how unique you are biometrically with hands-on biometrics scans. Write down and hang up your thoughts on “what makes you Singaporean” in our “identity tree”. Hear true stories of Singaporeans (e.g. two sisters who were separated at birth when one was given up for adoption to a Malay family) which have been incorporated into the exhibition and its videos.

Description

Rare and seldom-seen cultural performances from Singapore, Malaysia, Sri Lanka and Singapore-based ASEAN groups would be showcased here. Performances include music, dance, opera, marital arts and fashion shows.

Venue(s)

Tropics Atrium

Time

Weekdays: 12pm to 2pm; 6pm to 8pm

Saturdays: 2pm to 8pm

Sundays: 1pm to 7pm

Performance highlights

Performances by professional performing arts groups of Cultural Medallion winners (Sri Warisan, Apsara Arts, Bhaskar’s Arts Academy and Chinese Opera Institute), the Negeri Sembilan Cultural Troup from Malaysia and a Sri Lankan Drums performance from Sri Lanka.

A new feature this year are performances that have fused elements of different cultures together, e.g. a classical Indian dance performance (Kathakali) based on a Chinese classical tale (Journey to the West) and sung in Mandarin.

Remarks

For a detailed calendar of performances, please refer to the festival brochure or the festival website.

Description

A special space just for children and families. Kids’ Zone comprises This is Me! the special exhibition on identity for children as well as Heritage Is A Big Word, a series of children’s programmes in the form of dramatisation of ASEAN folktales and clay sculpture activities.

Venue(s)

Galleria Foyer

Time

For Heritage Is A Big Word activities

Weekdays: 10.30am to 11.30am; 2pm to 3pm

Weekends: 2pm to 5pm

Highlights

Children will get a hands-on try at biometrics equipment such as thumbprint scanners as they navigate a maze with interactive activity stations in This is Me!

In Heritage Is A Big Word’s clay sculpture activity, children will be active participants in creating a piece of clay installation artwork. A sculptor will teach children the basics of clay sculpting, after which, children will create a little figurine representing their identity which they will then affix onto a tree. This tree will be located at the Kids’ Zone during the festival duration.

Remarks

Heritage Is A Big Word activities are reserved for schools on weekdays, but are open to the public on the weekends. They are commissioned by the National Heritage Board and presented by ACT 3 International. For a schedule of activities, please refer to the festival brochure or the festival website.

Description

A heritage-based treasure hunt taking place in Central Singapore District. This is the fourth in the Fun on Foot series, and it is the first time that the treasure hunt will visit the heartlands. In this event jointly organised by NHB and Central Singapore Community Development Council (CS CDC), participants will have to solve cryptic clues to race to sites where they will scout around for answers to questions, watch re-enactments and even perform interactive tasks.

Fun on Foot, Heartlands Singapore! also marks the launch of Singapore’s first community heritage trail by NHB and CS CDC. The trail is the first grounds-up community engagement project which involves the residents, grassroots and community leaders as the sites selected are based not only on their historical significance, but more importantly, on the shared memories and heritage of the community.  

Date

Saturday, 22 July 2006

Time

9am to 3pm

(Registration from 8am to 8.45am)

Starting Point

Jalan Besar Stadium Carpark

Categories

Three categories – Educational Institutions, Open, Corporations

Prizes

Educational Institutions

1^st Prize              $800 + Champion’s Trophy

2^nd Prize            $500

3^rd Prize             $300

4^th to 5^th Prize           $200

Open

1^st Prize              $1,000

2^nd Prize            $800

3^rd Prize             $600

4^th to 5^th Prize           $300

Corporations

1^st Prize              $2,000 + Champion’s Trophy

2^nd Prize            $1,000

3^rd Prize             $800

4^th to 5^th Prize           $500

Registration

Registration fee is $20 per team of four.

Registration forms are available at all educational institutions, Community Clubs/ Centres, National Heritage Board Museums and online at the festival website.

Closing date for registration is 15 July 2006.

Highlights

Participants would have to watch historical re-enactments and take part in interesting interactive activities in order to complete the race.

Description

These are guided bus adventure tours that will bring participants to off-the-beaten-track sites in Singapore to experience a side of Singapore they may never have experienced before, be it the cultures of our ethnic communities, our flora and fauna, history and legends and even the origins of our signature local dishes.

Date(s)

15,16, 22, 23 July 2006

Time

Morning or afternoon tours

Starting Point

Festival Hub Information Counter (Suntec City, Tropics Atrium)

Duration

Approximately 4 hours for each tour

No. of tours

Nine tours

Types of tours

Two nature/ World War 2 trails at Labrador Park and the Southern Ridges.

Five ethnic community trails which will showcase the ethnic minorities within Singapore’s ethnic majorities - the Chinese, Malays, Indians and Eurasians.

One food trail that will bring participants to the original locations of iconic Singapore food, e.g. laksa, chicken rice, etc.

Registration

Registration fee is at $15 per person.

Registration forms are available online at the festival website or participants may call the festival hotline to register.

Closing date for pre-registration is 12 July 2006.

Highlights

Participants would not know the exact places they would be going to, and hence, for the next four hours after they board the bus, they would be on an unknown adventure.

For the ethnic community trails, participants would be visiting sharing first-hand the lives and cultures of these communities, from their religion and customs to their food and fashion. Without giving too much away, some communities we would be visiting include the Sikhs, the Foochows and the Minangkabaus.

Remarks

For the detailed synopses for each trail, please refer to the festival brochure or the festival website.

Description

A contemporary, youth theatre performance written by and starring 80-students between the ages of 15 and 17 from secondary schools, junior colleges and ITEs nationwide. Exploring the issue of identity, the production shares the thoughts of young Singaporeans on acceptance, choices, separation, mixed heritage and multiculturalism.

Date(s)

19 to 21 July 2006

Time(s)

Weekdays (19 to 20 July 2006)

2pm and 4.30pm

Weekend (22 July 2006)

2.30pm and 7.30pm

Venue(s)

Jubilee Hall, Raffles Hotel

Ticketing details

$10 per ticket (excluding $1 SISTIC fee)

To purchase tickets, please call SISTIC hotline at 6735 9986.

Highlights

The play was also scripted in its entirety by the cast itself.

Remarks

Where I Belong is best for those 12 years-old and above.

Weekday sessions are reserved for schools only, while the weekend sessions are open to schools and the public.

Where I Belong is directed and produced by ACT 3 International, in partnership with the Ministry of Information, Communications, and the Arts, and supported by the National Heritage Board explores the issue of identity.

Description

For visitors unable to visit the Festival Hub @ Suntec or participate in the above events, the Singapore HeritageFest brings to a venue near them six travelling exhibitions that will explore the Singaporean identity through the customs and values Singaporeans share.

Date(s)

12 – 23 July

Venue(s)

Shopping centres and libraries

Exhibition titles

They include:

§         Born 9 August – a photo exhibition-collaboration with renowned photographer, Tay Kay Chin, exploring the hopes, dreams and aspirations of Singaporeans.

§         Right After Birth – explores the birth rites amongst different communities, and our birth rights as Singaporeans.

§         Romance, Hope & Dreams: Wedding Celebrations in Singapore – explores the customs and rites practised by the various ethnic groups.

§         Singapore Cinema in Retrospect – traces the evolution of the Singapore cinema from 1900s to the digital age of today.

§         Kampong Spirit, Kampong Fun – learn about how people lived in the past, while trying out traditional games, in a recreated kampong setting.

§         Kids on Board!

Remarks

For the detailed schedule of the community exhibitions, please refer to the festival brochure or the festival website.