Singapore Culture 1

The Singapore: Cultural Research My Research Paper
Crystal N. Nichol

Justine Lemos Ashford University Anthropology 101
July 26, 2011

The Singapore: Cultural Research
There are many ways that a community’s mode of subsistence can impact that of a community’s aspects of cultural behavior and beliefs. This research paper will reflect on the primary mode of subsistence that the Singapore practice and how this affects other cultural aspects of their particular culture. The way a culture makes a living has a significant impact on the way a culture acts and does things. Singapore is one of the most prosperous countries in the southeast of Asia (Topley, 1961). The primary mode of subsistence that this paper will focus on will be pastoralists; following and explaining the effects this has on the specific aspects of kinship, gender relations, and beliefs-values within this culture. The Singapore culture is a culture that believes the concepts of group, harmony, and mutual security are more important than that of the individual. Family is the centre of the social structure and emphasizes unity, loyalty and respect for the elderly in the Singapore Culture (Topley, 1961). Extended family and close friends are those that are considered family to the Singapore and they are the ones the Singapore culture hold their beliefs in high standards (Lee, 1988).The implications of the Singapore’s religious means and social surroundings that contribute to their cultural society will also be of focus in the mist of this reading.
Singapore Location/Geography
. Singapore lies at the tip of the Malay Peninsula (Witt, 2010). It borders Malaysia, Indonesia, and Brunei. Its area is 248 square miles (642 square kilometers), including the main island and some sixty islets (Topley, 1961). The main island is