Singapore’s hawker culture is an intrinsic and invaluable part of life in the country.
One of the latest additions to the UNESCO’S list of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity isn’t a dish or a custom. It is a culture that is as intrinsic to the country it represents as yoga is to India: Singapore’s Hawker culture.
According to the UNESCO, Singapore’s Hawker culture represents “community dining and culinary practices in a multicultural urban context”. This simply means that the street food stalls serve as a space where people from diverse communities and cultures sit and eat together alongside other activities such as chess-playing, busking and art-jamming.