YEO Siew Gin 杨秀银
Chinese Dialect Groups,
Accession Number 000909
- Oral History Centre
Source
- 5
Total Reels
- Patricia Lee
Interviewer
- 02:16:59
Total Running Time
- Teochew
Language
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Reel/Disc 1 of 5
Metadata
- 20 May 1988
Recording Date
- 00:30:10
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Personal history. Grandmother looked after her and siblings after parents' death. Family lived at attap house behind Nam Seng Garden (former residence of Seah Liang Seah) at Serangoon Road. Incidental robbery at her house. Description of her house. Examples of frugal living. How she helped to supplement family income.
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Reel/Disc 2 of 5
Metadata
- 20 May 1988
Recording Date
- 00:30:22
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Operas staged to celebrate deity's birthday. Childhood games. Itinerant hawkers during her childhood days. Chinese operas staged on third, sixth and eleventh lunar month. Her encounter with ghost. Invited relatives to watch opera staged for deity.
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Reel/Disc 3 of 5
Metadata
- 13 Jun 1988
Recording Date
- 00:29:25
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Occasions during which she prayed to deities. Father's funeral preparations and procession. Mourned father's death for three years. Other occasions which she paid respect to late father. Symbolic significance of food offered to the dead. Grandmother's strict upbringing.
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Reel/Disc 4 of 5
Metadata
- 13 Jun 1988
Recording Date
- 00:31:57
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
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Synopsis
Generation name of grandfather, father and brother. Grandmother was matriach of family. Recited a few Teochew nursery rhymes. Her arranged marriage at 23 years old. Exchange of bethrothal gifts. Her wedding day preparations. Wedding paraphernalia and their significance.
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Reel/Disc 5 of 5
Metadata
- 13 Jun 1988
Recording Date
- 00:15:05
Running Time
- MP3
Format
- Open Access
Conditions Governing Access
Synopsis
Taboos observed by bride before returning to maiden home. Comparing her wedding and that of her daughter's. Taboos observed during pregnancy and confinement.
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