does singapore has its own culture?

Question

i will be doing a debate with my classmates tomorrow. I am in the opposing team which means that i will be saying singapore does not have its own culture and evidences supporting it. Does anyone have any evidence? If you have, please tell me. But if you do not, please do not answer my question. thanks!

Answer 1

Singapore, busy port that it is, originally shared the same native indigenous population as the surrounding islands of Malaysia and Indonesia. It was further colonised by people from India and China. Finally it became a British colony in 1867.

Your opponents are most likely to cite the development of a culture within Singapore, viz the peranakan people. They are essentially a group of people formed by the intermarriage of Chinese immigrants and the indigenous Malays. However, it could be argued that the culture that the peranakan people perpetuate is actually a combination of the preceding Malay (food, dress and language) and the incoming Chinese (religion, names, ceremonies).

Hope this helps.

Answer 2

What culture ? Answer is no. Imagine you are in an international festival organised by an American University and every nationality must bring a local food, dish, wear their national costume, talk their national language, etc....What would Singaporean bring or do?..get the idea. The plus side, is Singaporean can merge quite easily to the malaysian stall, the other Asian stall, even others...while leaving theirs empty. Empty Culture. The day Dialects was killed in Singapore.

Answer 3

culture resides in all learned behavior. Culture is learned from ones before us, and since the people in singapore are from a collection of different types of people, their "culture" is derived from many separate cultures and the joining of these cultures creates yet another culture unique to Singapore... so I think you will have a tough time arguing that they do not have their own culture.. I wish I had something for you but as I was trying to help you to prove the point.. I only solidified in my own mind that yes .. they do have their own culture! haha.. sorry. .. good luck

Answer 4

To me,the ans is no. why i say that?coz Singapore consists of Chinese,Malays & the indians.They have their own culture.But sumtimes,i wonder if this is correct.I mean,we always study about history of singapore rite?they always have something about singapore in the ealier times.well,don't know whether this helps,but you have given me something to think about.

Answer 5

confident that's unique, i've got been there as quickly as some years in the past yet I convey it to concepts being very sparkling, no graffiti on their trains, and whilst crossing in a crosswalk the sounds of birds could chirp whilst it replaced into time to stroll for the time of. eye-catching place and eye-catching human beings...reliable luck with your paper!! playstation . I heard that chewing gum is outlawed there yet won't be able to say for particular.

Answer 6

first what is culture. it is something a group practice. who doesn't have their own culture.