The 5th "Teochew Language Challenge" (来拚潮州话啦!), jointly organised by Chui Huay Lim Club (醉花林俱乐部) and Singapore Teochew Heritage Society (潮州文史学会) is here!
Thepreliminary round will take place through Zoom on 16 November 2024. The final will be on 23 November 2024.
Attractive prizes to be won. Closing date for registration is on 10 November 2024
Folklores have always been important in helping to preserve and transmit the identity and values of cultures.
The Fairy Serpent is a Teochew variant of “Beauty and the Beast”. It tells about the life of a girl whose virtues not only saved her father from evil but also transformed the serpent she was forced to marry into a kind-hearted man.
Originally collected in Adele Fielde’sChinese Nights’ Entertainment (download for free here),this ageless story has been beautifully retold in a book by Huang Lei, a Teochew illustrator from Singapore.
You may read The Fairy Serpent in English fromthis link.
Or watch it in Teochew (with English or Chinese subtitles):
Mid-Autumn Festival Celebrations at the Singapore Teo Ann Huay Kuan 潮安會館. A night when families and traditions came alive for the young and the not-so-old ❤️❤️