Identity is shifting. Kids speak English to their parents. Refuse to learn dialects. Chinese Culture is disappearing. Malay and Tamil Culture might follow.
That was fascinating. It's good that you have recorded this before the troupe disappears. Before my marriage, I had a girlfriend for two years who was a Hokkien lady from Malaysia. She was very modern in her outlook (this was about 45 years ago), but her mother was very traditional, and the difference was enormous. I can understand that younger people now have no interest in the Hokkien Opera, but it's still sad.
Your Chinese ex had a very traditional mother. I guess that could be why as a caucasian, you can't get her blessing to marry her daughter. Today, young kids in Singapore speak to their parents in English, refusing to learn to speak in dialects. We can see that anything to do with dialects will disappear sooner or later.
We saw the title Hokkien Street Opera and it sounded fresh. After reading your video overview, We understand that Hokkien Street Opera is a valuable piece of historical culture.🌟 Ang Mo Kio is an area we are familiar with, but after watching this video, we felt like we had missed out on an important time when such rare entertainment was taking place on Ave 4. Hearing in your interview that there are no young successors to carry on is both sad and disappointing…. It was a video of Singapore that can’t be elsewhere. We enjoyed watching it all at once in the computer business office!☝️😊✨ Yosh and Iku
This troupe is motivated by passion to carry on the tradition. I got to know them before Covid-19. During the pandemic, they had no performances, therefore no income. It was a difficult period. Now they have bounced back, but I don't know for how long. All street opera troupes are facing the same issues. Dwindling viewership and no new successors. This is definitely a vanishing culture in Singapore.
