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Singaporean/Lebanese culture

the difference and similarities between the Singaporean and the Lebanese culture.


  1. in the aspect of food, Singaporean's eat everything. they have a variety of different foods from all around the world. in Lebanon for example, their Sunday lunch consist of bbq, tabbouleh, houmos, fattoush etc...
  2. in the aspect of music, traditional Singaporean music is very related to the ones of the Chinese due to the fact that many Singaporean's and originally Chinese. in Lebanon, you have the aood, and the derbake.
  3. in the aspect of dancing, the Singaporeans dont have an actual traditional dance, each race has its own dance and they combine them all together. in Lebanon we have the dabke, which is a very common dance in Lebanon that has been used for so many generations. they dance dabke in weddings and parties and every time there is music on.


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