The Asian Children's Festival (ACF) is an annual event organised by the National Library Board of Singapore and the National Book Development Council of Singapore to promote the habit of lifelong learning and to create and provide opportuni…
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The Asian Children's Festival (ACF) is an annual event organised by the National Library Board of Singapore and the National Book Development Council of Singapore to promote the habit of lifelong learning and to create and provide…
01 · What it is
Living Tradition
Documented cultural tradition on record; family classification awaits an editor.
02 · Where & name
Singapore
Written in its own script on record as ஆசிய குழந்தைகள் திருவிழா.
03 · How it is doing
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Documented in open cultural records, but no cited field assessment of its current vitality has been added here yet.
04 · Proof & reuse
2 cited sources
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Chapter Takeaways
HistoryThe inaugural event was held in 2000.
Common Questions Answered on Record
What is Asian Children's Festival in plain words?
The Asian Children's Festival (ACF) is an annual event organised by the National Library Board of Singapore and the National Book Development Council of Singapore to promote the habit of lifelong learning and to create and provide… In local script on record, it is written ஆசிய குழந்தைகள் திருவிழா.
Where is Asian Children's Festival practised or documented?
Sources on this page place Asian Children's Festival in Singapore.
What is the current condition of Asian Children's Festival today?
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Cite as: "Asian Children's Festival." folkroom, https://folkroom.org/art-forms/asian-children-s-festival, text CC BY-SA, with attribution.
The Asian Children's Festival (ACF) is an annual event organised by the National Library Board of Singapore and the National Book Development Council of Singapore to promote the habit of lifelong learning and to create and provide opportunities for the creative and joyous learning of Asian content and culture among children. The festival attracts around 500 participants annually. 1
History
The inaugural event was held in 2000. In 2005, the event was held between 7 and 27 November with the opening at the Woodlands Regional Library. It was held from 15 to 26 November in 2006.
The eighth edition of the festival in 2017 at the Central Public Library. It was organised by the National Book Development Council of Singapore. 57 speakers from 18 countries were invited to the festival, including PJ Lynch and Leslee Udwin. The biennial Scholastic Picture Book Award was also given out to the winner, The Little Durian Tree, during the festival, chosen from 137 entries from Asia. The book was created by a five-man team, students from the Singapore Polytechnic.
During the COVID-19 pandemic in Singapore, ACF was hosted digitally in 2020 and 2021. 1
The text above is adapted from the Wikipedia article “Asian Children's Festival”, available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 licence. 1
Asian Children's Festival is recorded in open cultural data. The structured record cited below does not describe the practice, and this entry has not yet been reviewed by a person familiar with the tradition. 2
The source record links this tradition to 1 external register, which can be verified through the citation. 2