Singapore’s ‘hawker’ culture given UNESCO recognition
- Singapore’s Tradition of communal dining at hawker centres, open air food courts popularised by celebrity chefs and hit films such as Crazy Rich Asians, has been recognised by UNESCO for its cultural significance.
- The UN cultural agency announced it had added the city state’s “hawker culture” to its Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.
- Singapore’s hawker centres were set up to house former street vendors, or “hawkers”, in an effort to clean up the island in the 1970s and serve a variety of cheap dishes to locals as well as providing a social setting
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