Workshop at the Museum

It was yet another educational experience trip organized by JCK for their K2 pupils.

Samsui Women : Laying The Bricks Workshop at National Museum of Singapore on 29 Oct 2007.

Samsui women - refers to Cantonese and Hakka immigrants from China. Adorned with their trademark feature - red "hat", they performed menial jobs in the early construction industry.

The red headgear was a square piece of blood-red cloth folded in a way that it sat like a fairly large rectangular roof on their heads. These women believed that red can ward off bad luck and it also acted as a protective gear from the sun's harmful rays.

Look! R1 brought back a look-alike headgear made of paper and I quickly grabbed this chance to brush up my photography skills ... hee hee.