CULTURE!!!

The Bell

The Portuguese will ring the bell when it is in Christmas eve. Something like countdown for Christmas and also a traditional for them. Thanks God It's Christmas!

The Church

This is the church that was built by government as a Christmas gift to Portuguese Settlement.The unique design is based on the Portuguese culture.

The Gateway

This is the gateway to enter the to the hawker centre and lover bridge. It is the oppostite of Canossa Convent Secondary School.

The Horse-drawn Carriage

This is an important transport that Portuguese used to use horse-drawn carriage for transportation and delivery because this save men energy and time.

Portuguese housing

This is one of the house of Portuguese. As you can see that there is a cross on the wall below the roof. Basically, most of the houses that have anything related to christianity are Portuguese's house.

Portuguese Housing

This is another Portuguese house. There is an angel and Saint Antonio picture beside the gate which means that the house owner is Roman Catholic.

Lim Kok Wing University

This building used to be a hotel called Lisbon Hotel that builded by Portuguese. Now it become a University belong to Lim Kok Wing.

Religion Statue

A Jesus statue found in the Portuguese Settlement as Portuguese people in this village are mostly believing in Roman Christianity.

San Pedro Restaurant

A restaurant located in an alley just beside the Portuguese Settlement gateway. The unique design of this restaurant added a new flavour to this Portuguese village.

Portugal Instrument

This is the instrument that Portuguese plays. There are guitar, kettledrum, percussion, tambourine and some other drum. These are their traditional instrument.

Portuguese Traditional Costume

This is the people how the Portuguese Traditional Costume looks like. The colour of the female costume are unique in colour compared to male single-colour costume.

Portuguese Wedding

This is the Portuguese traditional costume for wedding. It is believe that in traditional Portuguese wedding are mosly held under the matchmaking by their parents.