OPENING OF PINOCCHIO, FOLK ARTS AND CRAFT AND VANISHING FOOD EXHIBITIONS AT SINGAPORE CONFERENCE HALL HELD IN CONJUNCTION WITH FESTIVAL OF ARTS
Two pairs of children playing traditional games. One pair is playing "five stones" (background) and the other pair playing "congkak" (foreground) during opening of folk arts and craft exhibition at Singapore Conference Hall. The five stones are shaped like small dumplings and usually sewn from cloth and filled with rice grains or red/green beans. Congkak are usually made of wood shaped like a boat with holes filled with marbles, cowrie shells or seeds (such as Tamarind or Red Saga seeds).
15/06/1984
19980006212 - 0008
13,713/22A
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Ministry of Information and the Arts Collection, courtesy of National Archives of Singapore
Contribution received from Low Eik Sin via Citizen Archivist portal

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Two pairs of children playing traditional games. One pair is playing "five stones" (background) and the other pair playing "congkak" (foreground) during opening of folk arts and craft exhibition at Singapore Conference Hall. The five stones are shaped like small dumplings and usually sewn from cloth and filled with rice grains or red/green beans. Congkak are usually made of wood shaped like a boat with holes filled with marbles, cowrie shells or seeds (such as Tamarind or Red Saga seeds).

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