The Singapore Culture
The Singapore Culture
Terri Swayzer
Ashford University Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
101
Christina Winn
May 16, 2011
The Singapore Culture
Singapore is a harmonious society, where diversity is dominant throughout the entire island. The elders of Singapore have interacted with different races for generations. There is a mixture of Malay, Chinese, Indians and Europeans all living within their own culture and calling themselves Singaporeans regardless of their race. Each race celebrates has their own beliefs, values and religion. Even though festivals have a special meaning to certain races, it is shared by everyone. Food is plentiful in this modern land. It is not unusual to savor different cuisines made by these different cultures and found to be very tasty. Singapore cuisine is another prime example of diversity and culture diffusion in Singapore. Malay being the natives of Singapore, where other immigrates from Malays federation is called Other Malaysians. (Jamour, 2009) Most of which devote their lives to fishing villages on the southeast coast of Singapore. Social changes in Singapore, for the last forty years have been connecting people, ideas and resources.
An American Anthropologist, Judith Jamour spent two years of field work in the villages and the urban city to publish a book titled “Malay Kinship and Marriage in Singapore.” This short version is based on kinship and social change. Malay society in Singapore (at least in the urban area) differs in several ways from that in most of the Federation. This for an example, there is an excess of males over females. The Malays are also minorities (including the Indonesians) in their own origin land. There is much diverse than normal in the case of other immigrants in the communities. The Malays are agriculturalists; they are, for the most part, in government services and various kinds of skilled and unskilled work. Economically, they are a depressed group and
Terri Swayzer
Ashford University Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
101
Christina Winn
May 16, 2011
The Singapore Culture
Singapore is a harmonious society, where diversity is dominant throughout the entire island. The elders of Singapore have interacted with different races for generations. There is a mixture of Malay, Chinese, Indians and Europeans all living within their own culture and calling themselves Singaporeans regardless of their race. Each race celebrates has their own beliefs, values and religion. Even though festivals have a special meaning to certain races, it is shared by everyone. Food is plentiful in this modern land. It is not unusual to savor different cuisines made by these different cultures and found to be very tasty. Singapore cuisine is another prime example of diversity and culture diffusion in Singapore. Malay being the natives of Singapore, where other immigrates from Malays federation is called Other Malaysians. (Jamour, 2009) Most of which devote their lives to fishing villages on the southeast coast of Singapore. Social changes in Singapore, for the last forty years have been connecting people, ideas and resources.
An American Anthropologist, Judith Jamour spent two years of field work in the villages and the urban city to publish a book titled “Malay Kinship and Marriage in Singapore.” This short version is based on kinship and social change. Malay society in Singapore (at least in the urban area) differs in several ways from that in most of the Federation. This for an example, there is an excess of males over females. The Malays are also minorities (including the Indonesians) in their own origin land. There is much diverse than normal in the case of other immigrants in the communities. The Malays are agriculturalists; they are, for the most part, in government services and various kinds of skilled and unskilled work. Economically, they are a depressed group and
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