Haw Par Villa (Classic)

About this episode

This episode explores Haw Par Villa, an amusement park in Singapore featuring dioramas that illustrate the consequences of bad behavior.

This amusement park in Singapore holds the Ten Courts of Hell, a series of dioramas that depict the kind of horrible fates awaiting people who behaved badly on Earth.

Topics covered

• amusement park
• Singapore
• Ten Courts of Hell
• dioramas
• morality

Keywords

• Haw Par Villa
• Singapore
• amusement park
• Ten Courts of Hell
• dioramas
• morality
• fates
• behavior

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Haw Par Villa

Places: Singapore

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