Origin of Chingay Parade in a Nutshell!
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A dazzling extravaganza of colours and cultural diversity, Chingay
Parade Singapore is known for its resplendent floats and multi-cultural
local and international performances that are an insight to our festive
traditions and delight the hearts of many Singaporeans and tourists.
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The word Chingay is from the Hokkien dialect, of which the Mandarin
equivalent is Zhuang Yi (??), meaning "the art of masquerade". The
festival began as a neighbourhood parade with only Chinese elements in
1973. Today,
the Chingay Parade has evolved to be the grandest street and floats
parade in Asia, showcasing the rich, vibrant multi-culturalism of
Singapore and exciting cultures all over the world. To all Singaporeans,
the next Chingay Parade is a parade of our people, our dreams and our
pride!
Cited from: http://www.chingay.org.sg/2012/about.asp
Brought my baby sis and my maid to the show.
My baby sis was so fascinated with the performance that she keeps saying dragon!
So cute. Hehe..
Well pictures below with 3 short clips of the performance.
It was fun. =D
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Photos and videos taken by my lousy HTC Wildfire. BEAR WITH IT! =x
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