Since 2020, the National Archives of Singapore has collected close to 2,700 sounds that are found on the island, in hopes of keeping memories of long-gone locations alive. About 600 contributors have shared recordings of festivals, dialects and everyday life, and NAS plans to make it easier to access them.
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