SINGAPORE – Listen carefully and you might just understand the gods.
The Drought Goddess – Dream Of The World, part of the Esplanade’s Huayi – Chinese Festival of Arts, plays out in a concocted lingo made up by Taiwanese director Lee Yi-hsiu. It blends Cantonese, Mandarin, Teochew, Hakka and some Suzhounese to create something that sounds familiar yet not quite recognisable.
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