UNESCO: Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity - 2020
URL: ich.unesco.org/en/RL/01568
Description: Hawker culture is present throughout Singapore. Hawkers prepare a variety of food for people who dine and mingle at hawker centres. These centres serve as ‘community dining rooms’ where people from diverse backgrounds gather and share the experience of dining together. Activities such as chess-playing, busking and art-jamming also take place. Having evolved from street food culture, hawker centres have become markers of Singapore as a multicultural city-state. Hawkers often specialize in a particular dish refined over many years and transmit their recipes, knowledge and skills to younger family members or apprentices.
Country(ies): Singapore
© National Heritage Board (NHB), National Environment Agency and the Federation of Merchants' Associations, Singapore (FMAS), 2019
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