Dantruong Travel & Tourism

Geylang Serai is the cultural center of Malays in Singapore. In Malay Village, you can wander through time and explore the traditional lifestyle of Malays in ‘Kampung Days’, back to the 1950s and 1960s! Or, direct experience of traditional arts and crafts like batik Malays, make a kite, and play like a top village.

Cultural Museum displays a collection of interesting artifacts, such as looms, musical instruments and traditional Malays wedding exhibition, complete with hand sewn dresses, various accessories, as well as a Bride Room. In the Muslim Showcase, Hall of Fame and Geylang Serai Corner, displayed a pattern of life in Singapore Malays. At certain times, held a cultural show at the Floating Seafood Restaurant. Call 67484700 to find out the schedule and time performances.

The Malays were the original inhabitants of Singapore. After the British dissolved the Malays floating village at the mouth of the Singapore River in the 1840s, the Malays along with many immigrants from Malaysia and Indonesia, gathered mainly in Geylang.

In the early 1920s, many Malays in Kampong Gelam troop moved to Geylang Serai as a result of tight conquest of the land in Kampong Gelam. Malays are still strong influences in Geylang Serai, reflected in the many restaurants and shops that specialize in Malays cuisine and arts and crafts ethnic Malays.