A Burmese community archive
Stories from the Burmese community in Singapore.
A community archive of stories from Burmese people in Singapore — students, workers, families.
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Long-form conversations, photo essays, and reflections — told by Burmese students, workers, and families who are building a life in Singapore. We write these by hand and we mean every word.
An interview with my father
Read the interview →
SISU: From vulnerable to valuable
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The taste of home, from a basement kitchen
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Thingyan, year by year
Read the reflection →Lahpet thoke, three ways
Get the recipe →New · A family series
My family's personal experiences
Culture is not a list of customs — it lives in families. So Lahpet Voices is recording our own family's history through interviews with the people who lived it, and writing it into a miniature book, one chapter at a time.
1967: The year our world turned upside down
Read Chapter One →1975: To love is to provide
Read Chapter Two →1988: The year we left
Read Chapter Three →1990: New roots
Read Chapter Four →New · A series of reflections
Sporadic thoughts on my country
Twelve notes kept at odd times about home — the tea shop at any hour, the rain that falls twice, the names that never quite fit on a form. Collected here like a small notebook you can open anywhere.
The tea shop, at any hour
Read →Rain, both monsoons
Read →Themes
What we publish
Four threads. New pieces quarterly.
Crossing borders, crossing selves
Why people leave, what they carry, and how they rebuild in a new place.
Food, music, dance
Recipes, rhythms, and rituals that keep Burma alive in a Singaporean flat.
Everyday endurance
Stories of work, study, family, and showing up.
Speaking without fear
Anonymity and consent. Every voice is protected.
Context
New here? Start with the background.
Two reference pages: the history of Myanmar, and Burmese culture.
From the archive
“Resilience mixed with humility. This country has been through uncertainty for generations, and people here have learned to endure it quietly. But that doesn't mean we stay still.”
— An interview with my father, on the core of Burmese identity.