National Museum of Singapore

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Chinese Massacre, Chinese Opera costumes, Chinese Opera Headgear, Frederick Ward, hand puppet, History of Singapore Galleries, Joseph Balestier, Living Gallery, Major F. W. Ward, National Museum of Singapore, Paul Revere, Proclamation of Malaysia, Revere Bell, Sook Ching, Tan Tock Seng, William Farquhar

Pictures of my recent visit during a department retreat:

National Museum of Singapore.

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Kusu Island

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Da Bo Gong, Giant tortoise sculpture, Goddess of Mercy, Guan Yin, kramats, Kusu Island, Kusu Pilgrimage, Merchant God, Singapore Maritime Gallery, Tortoise Island, Turtle Island

Singapore has a few islands and one of them is the southern island of Kusu. It’s name means Tortoise Island or Turtle Island in Chinese, named after the myth of a giant magical tortoise that saved some Malay and Chinese sailors from a shipwreck…

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