People Practices Tours & Trails

A Kristang Tour of MRT Stations with Kevin Martens Wong

by Ethos Books
6 May • 05:00pm • Esplanade Station Exit E

Join Kevin Martens Wong on a linguistic heritage tour of select MRT stations that have significant ties to Eurasian and Kristang history, as he expounds on the deeper meanings of the Kristang names.

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A Kristang Tour of MRT Stations with Kevin Martens Wong
Sat, 6 May 2023 | 5pm - 7pm 

Venue: Selected MRT stations (Esplanade, Bencoolen, Rochor, Bugis)
Meeting point: Esplanade Station Exit E 
Fee: $12 (before GST)
Registration: https://kristangtour.eventbrite.sg

Kambradu. Selebrasang. Bara Fortuna. Kabu Tratuga. Some of our familiar MRT stations. 

Author and linguist Kevin Martens Wong, who leads and champions the revitalisation of the Kristang community in Singapore, recently completed a massive exercise translating all 140 of our MRT station names into Kristang — the endangered heritage language of the Portuguese-Eurasian community.

Join him on a linguistic heritage tour of select MRT stations that have significant ties to Eurasian and Kristang history, as he expounds on the deeper meanings of the Kristang names. Elements of the Kodrah Kristang na fora method of immersive-learning will be used to facilitate the tour; participants will be provided with slides to follow along the tour as visual aids with web links to the Oral History Centre and other online databases and resources for possible further independent learning following the tour. 

About Kevin Martens Wong 
Kevin Martens Wong is a gay, non-binary Kristang / Portuguese-Eurasian speculative fiction writer, independent scholar and linguist. He leads the internationally recognised grassroots movement to revitalise the critically endangered Kristang language in Singapore, Kodrah Kristang, and was the 2017 recipient of both the President's Volunteer and Philanthropy Award (Individual—Youth) and the Lee Hsien Loong Award for Outstanding All-Round Achievement. His first novel, Altered Straits, was longlisted for the 2015 Epigram Books Fiction Prize, and his work has also appeared in Transect, entitled and the Light to Night Festival. He currently runs his own freelance coaching and consulting initiative, Merlionsman (merlionsman.com).
Ethos Books

Ethos Books is an independent publisher of literary fiction, non-fiction, and poetry.

Giving voice to emerging and exciting writers from diverse backgrounds, we help foster an environment in which literature and the arts not only survive, but thrive. In short, we nurture the growing literary community in Singapore and throughout the region.

That's why our authors and their ideas come first. By taking a collaborative approach to publishing, we bring each author‘s voice and vision to fruition. We are always open to new ideas: different ways of working and fresh ways of delivering the unparalleled satisfaction only a good book can bring.

Established in 1997, Ethos Books, an imprint of Pagesetters Services Pte Ltd, aims to create books that capture the spirit of a people and reflect the ethos of our changing times.





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