mOSAic@NUS brings together individuals and communities from various backgrounds in the NUS community to learn, celebrate and appreciate the diversity among us.
1. mOSAic@NUS is happening from 13 February to 18 March 2023
mOSAic@NUS will span across a month, with a variety of events ranging from film screenings, group conversations as well as carnivals! The highlight of the event is the mOSAic Fest – a carnivalesque atmosphere with cultural booths, food and games on 17 February 2023.
Check out the various events we have lined up for you:
| Date and Time | Activity | Venue | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 Feb, 11am - 3pm | Exploring mOSAic 2023 | UTown Town Plaza | ||
| 14 Feb, 12pm - 8.30pm | mOSAic Intercultural Film Screening | Dance Atelier 2, Stephen Riady Centre Level 3, UTown | ||
| 17 Feb, 1pm - 6pm | mOSAic 2023 Fest Cultural performances (4pm - 6pm) | UTown Foyer, Stephen Riady Centre Level 1 | ||
| 23 Feb, 7pm - 9pm | Harmonyworks! Circle - Religion and Me, an Interfaith Conversation | UTown Town Plaza, Seminar Rooms 1-3 | ||
| 13-17 Mar, 10am - 5pm | Windows of Perspectives Exhibition | Stephen Riady Centre Level 2, UTown | ||
| 14 Mar, 1pm - 2.30pm | Inclusive Fest: Human Library | UTown Town Plaza | ||
| 17 Mar, 10am - 5pm | Inclusive Fest: Carnival | UTown Seminar Room | ||
| 18 Mar, 11am - 6pm | Spectra Sports Carnival | Multi-Purpose Courts 14 to 17, Handball Court & MPSH 1 | ||
2. Free old school ice cream available!
Get your FREE old school ice cream on 13 February at the first event to kickstart mOSAic! It will be available at UTown Town Plaza from 11am to 3pm. Explore and find out more about this year’s mOSAic programmes when you’re collecting your ice cream!
3. mOSAic@NUS celebrates diversity beyond the four main racial groups in Singapore
mOSAic@NUS celebrates the diversity on campus by providing a platform for our fellow students to share about their cultural and religious practices, and allows us to have a better understanding of our peers through a plethora of activities. This festival is devoted to growing your perspectives and forming meaningful exchanges!
At mOSAic Fest, discover and learn more about different cultures and religions such as Chinese, Filipino, Indian, Korean, Malay, Myanmar cultures and Sikhism by your peers.
4. The highlight of the event is mOSAic Fest on 17 February 2023. (P.S there will be free snacks and a photobooth!)
At mOSAic Fest on 17 February, groups will showcase their various practices at the UTown Foyer from 1pm to 6pm, where you can try your hand at traditional games and outfits as well as tantalise your tastebuds with delicious traditional snacks! There will also be special cultural performances by fellow students from 4pm onwards.
Create wonderful memories and capture these moments at the mOSAic photobooth while soaking in the many cultures and performances at mOSAic Fest!
5. mOSAic@NUS promotes intercultural learning through films
Interested in learning about another culture? Why not do so through a film! Join us for 3 powerful films – it's an event not to be missed.
• Minari (12pm – 2.30pm): A tender and sweeping story about what roots us, Minari follows a Korean American family that moves to a tiny Arkansas farm in search of their own American Dream. Amidst the instability and challenges of their new life, Minari shows the undeniable resilience of family, the experiences of cultural adaptation and what really makes a home.
• Josee, the Tiger and the Fish (3pm – 5.30pm): Josee, the Tiger and the Fish is a Japanese animation film that explores the unlikely friendship between Josee and Tsuneo. Tsuneo is a university student and Josee is a young adult who has rarely gone out of the house by herself due to her condition of being unable to walk. Regardless of one’s background and circumstances, explore the similar dreams, fears and yearnings in one’s youth that binds Josee and her newfound friends, in this film.
• English Vinglish (6pm – 8.30pm): English Vinglish is a heart-touching Hindi family drama movie about Sashi, a quiet and sweet-tempered housewife whose struggle to speak and understand English is ridiculed by her own family. Watch “English Vinglish” to witness the transformation of Sashi, who tries to overcome language and cultural barriers in the discovery of herself.
6. mOSAic@NUS facilitates conversations on religion
Looking for a brave space to have an interfaith conversation? NUS Interfaith has organised an event to encourage insightful conversations with people from different cultural and religious backgrounds.
This will be held on 23 February from 7pm to 9pm at UTown Town Plaza, Seminar Rooms 1 to 3. The interfaith conversation is organised in collaboration with OnePeople.sg and Inter-Religious Organisation Youth Committee, it’s an event not to be missed!
Join us to gain new perspectives and understanding of lived experiences of individuals in a respectful, diverse and inclusive space!
7. mOSAic@NUS also explores diversity through art and sports
Discover about students’ personal experiences with their faith through art at the Windows of Perspectives! It is an art exhibition held by NUS Interfaith, presented by our fellow students, to invite you to perceive the world through different lenses.
If art speaks to you more than words do, head down to the second level of the Stephen Riady Centre at UTown (located outside Flavours Food Court) to take a look at this exhibition! It may prove to be a therapeutic respite amid the bustle of lectures and classes.
If sports appeal to you, the NUS Tamil Language Society is organising a cultural sports carnival to introduce you to various cultural sporting activities such as carom, goli, seven stones, paramapadham and pallanguzhi. Don’t miss the Spectra Sports Carnival on the 18 March, between 11am and 6pm at the Multi-Purpose Courts 14 to 17, Handball Court and MPSH 1.
8. A platform for you to understand people with disabilities
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Nicole Ng, NUS Faculty of Law
