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Dear Dairy,
Today I went to the National Museum and learnt a lot of things about the culture and the cultural connections that Singapore had with countries before 1891.
The three things that was the most interesting for me was about the Broken stem cup, Gold armlet and the'Headless horse man'. All of the sources were found during the period of 14th century. The Broken stem cup and the Gold armlet were found at the Fort Canning Hill while the 'Headless horse man' was found at the Empress Place.
The Broken stem cup tells me that Singapore had exchanged ideas about traditions, clothing and many more with countries such as China as the Broken stem cup were originated from China hence it shows that Singapore had cultural connections with China
The Gold armlet shows that the people from Java wanted to spread their strong beliefs of Kali, representing time and destruction or the religion to Singapore.Since the Broken stem cup was found in Singapore, it shows that Singapore was influenced by Java's culture and had cultural connection with them.
The 'Headless horse man' was found at the Empress Place. This source tells me that Singapore had cultural connection with the Javanese as the source was from Java.
These were the three sources that interest me the most. See you tomorrow. Bye Diary!

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Source: 'Headless horse man' found at Empress Place
Type of source: Pictoral source
Area: Culture
Time period: 14th century
Inference: This source tells me that Singapore had cultural connections with the Javanese as it has Javanese-style statue of a rider on a horse which was found in Singapore
Evidence: The statue bears stylistic similarities to the Javanese art during the Majapahit period.Hence it shows that Singapore had cultural connections with the Javanese

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Source: Sir Lankan coins found at the Parliament House complex near the Singapore River.
Type of source: Artefacts source
Area: Culture
Time period: 13th century
Inference: The source tells me that traders from Sir Lanka had came to Singapore to trade their cultural items with Singapore
Evidence: Hence this Shows that Singapore had cultural connections with the people living in Sir Lanja

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Source: Wang Dayuan's Dao Yi Zhi Lue,etracted from Early Singapore.
Type of source: Written source
Area: Culture
Time period: 14th century
Inference: This source tells me that Singapore had cultural exchanges, like clothes,jewelry,cooking pots and many more, with China
Evidence: The evidence is ''The goods obtained from trade include red gold,blue  satin,cotton prints,Chu porcelain,iron cauldrons and similar items.Neither fine products nor rare objects come from here.

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Source: Broken stem cup found at Fort Canning Hill
Type of source: Artefacts source
Area: Culture
Time period: 14th century
Inference: This source tells me that Singapore had many cultural exchanges taking places and probably exchanged ideas about traditions,clothing and with countries such as China
Evidence: Since the broken stem cups were originated from China.China may have influenced Singapore about their culture through the exchange of ideas about potteries and ceramics,allowing cultural  exchange to take place.

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Source: Gold armlet found at Fort Canning Hill
Type of source: Artefacts source
Area: Culture
Time period: 14th century
Inference: This source tells me that people from Java had brought their culture to Singapore as the ornament was found in Singapore.The source also suggests that people from Java wanted to spread their strong beliefs of Kali, the Hindu god representing time and destruction, or the religion to Singapore
Evidence: Since the gold ornament was found in Singapore,Fort Canning Hill,showing Kala,an Indian god which was believed in Java.Therefore it shows that Singapore was influenced by the Java's culture had cultural connection with them before 1891