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| Rabbits everywhere….. |
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| And people posing in front of them. |
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| Rabbits that you can throw coins on for good fortune….. |
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| Ugly rabbits….. |
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| Bigger-than-life origami-rabbits….. |
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| Flower-rabbits….. |
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| Meticalously maintained all the time… |
Number two: lots of streetdecoration, in particular lanterns:…
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| After seeing everybody pose, I felt for a small pose of my own;-) |
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| In the background our building: the Sail. |
So we have lots of rabbits and lanterns and people posing….Number three: other deco, like blossomtrees; a fairytale-look.
The fourth element I’d like to mention: RED. All things red, a very important color for the Chinese.
Number five: mandarins.
Important NewYear Ritual is to give the person(s) you visit two mandarins and to give them back to someone. Also seen in displays on the floor, in mandarintrees, etc.
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| This one was on the floor of a spanish restaurant. Recognise a toreador-hat?;-) |
Number six: people, people, people….you can walk over the heads in Chinatown in this period.
Characteristic number seven: River Hongbao; a yearly festival, held on The Float (the floating sportsfield) and the adjacent tribunes.
Loved it last year, very disappointed this year.
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| The Float: lots of people. |
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| Also the tribunes were loaded. |
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| Like last year there was this giant God of Fortune. |
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| Every so many minutes he spits out a lot of golden glitterconfetti. People go crazy when that happens and try to catch the stuff with their hands or with upsidedown umbrellas. |
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| In this foodcourt walked a live God of Fortune. People were eating and even more drinking, partying, inviting Frits and me for beers. Happy atmosphere. |
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| AngMoh’s participating in the fun;-) |
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| Boy making the V-sign while posing. A thing that all Singaporeans seem to do as soon as they pose for a pic;-) |
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| Frits and the Dragon |
Number eight: the fair with the merry-go-round; each year a success.
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| You see that the different towers of this building have connecting bridges at two high levels. We visited the building and went to the roof. It is a spectacular design, with the connecting public area on such a high altitude! |
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