About
Active Period
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Genre
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Teochew opera or Chaoju, Dance — Ronggeng, Theatre — Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu
Subgenre
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Geographic Location
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Peak Island; Goa Island; Pulau Tembakul (or Tambakul); Guiyu Dao (龟屿岛)
About
A Chinese temple was built in 1923 in honour of Tua Pek Kong (or Da Bo Gong), the God of Prosperity. Pilgrims travelled in sampan and bumboats to the island to visit the temple and three keramat (shrines) every year.
See “Kusu Island” by Cornelius Vernon at the Singapore Infopedia.
Venue Location
Singapore (Lat 1.223300, Lng 103.860050)
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Associated Performance(s)
No associated performance recorded.
Media
No media recorded.
Sources
No source recorded.
Contributor
Last Updated on:
February 11, 2026 at 11:55 am
Contributors:
Alvin Lim
To Cite:
, and Lim, Alvin Eng HuiAlvin Eng Hui Lim.
2026. “Kusu Island“. In Performing Archipelagos, edited by Kyueun Kim, Alvin Eng Hui Lim and Hedren Wai Yuan Sum. Singapore: National University of Singapore.
Performance
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Tour
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Tour
Post-war Nation-Building and Cultural Diplomacy
Dance
Dance — Modern Dance
Federation of Malaya (1948-1963)
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform
Performance
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Venue
Colonial and Empire Networks
Theatre
Theatre — Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Troupe
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Festival
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Teochew opera or Chaoju
Dance — Ronggeng
Theatre — Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu
British Malaya (1826-1941)
Postwar pre-independent Singapore (1945-1963)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1945–1959: Malaya and Singapore: Postwar Transition and Reform
Up till 1895: British Colonial Consolidation
Performance
Diasporic Identities and Intercultural Encounters
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
Support
Archipelagic Agents
Chinese Opera or Wayang or Xiqu — Cantonese opera or Yueju
British Malaya (1826-1941)
1867-1941: Straits Settlements as Crown Colony
1911–1912: Xinhai Revolution