Introduction to Chingay parade
Reading the title of this post you may scratch yourself behind your ear; didn’t I say something like that about the pictures in my previous post? Very observant, yes, you are right.
But although those were good, fun pictures, they were not my absolute favourite pictures of Chingay this year. They were relevant though, to introduce the event to you, and to give you an idea of what the two hour parade beholds. You never know; maybe you want to see it with your own eyes next year! After reading my last post you must have gotten a pretty good idea of what to expect. And what not.
My favourite pictures of Chingay 2015
So are the pictures in this post My Favourite Pictures of Chingay 2015? Uh, not quite.
They are good, again, and I hope you will enjoy them. It’s just that I am saving the really, really best for last. My next post will contain My Favourite Pictures of Chingay 2015; pictures from my favorite contingent of performers. When you see them I’m sure you will understand why I was blown away by their costumes.
Images of a parade with 11.000 multi-cultural performers
OK, let’s continue with the parade then.
In my previous article I showed you pics from the opening segment of the parade called: “Sea of We Love SG Flowers - gift from 500.000 Singaporeans to the Nation”. That’s where we left off.
Then there came a float, presenting a “Malay Kampong in early 60s”; giving a glimpse of how people lived 50 years ago. In 50 years from huts to skyscrapers; amazing!
Malay Kampong life in the early 60’s.
Kampong House; Singapore 50 years ago.
I ran into that pretty girl from the picture above afterwards. Time for a Welfie!
Followed by “Flow of memories”, a contingent with retro-dressed performers in plastic large memory-bubbles and XXL balloons of national icons and landmarks, like the MRT (subway).
Memories of Singapore’s history.
Gigantic floating MRT train and floating Airport Tower
Then there were the boys and girls from “Dance of the Dragon for SG50 (fire display)” and the men of the “SG Urban Gliders” with their fun led-lit up bikes.
Fire dancers in action
My kinda bike!!! I want one pimped like this. My bike has flowers and stuff, but no fun lights. I feel a future project coming up!
Followed by an “International Medley”, with performers from Thailand, USA, Vietnam, Taiwan, Russia, Korea, Philippines, Rwanda, Turkey, West Java and Suzhou, China.
Rwanda’s troupe was relatively small and had no fancy stuff like a float or lights, but man, they were fantastic! From the moment they came in sight, they were all dance, life, music and fun! Those smiles, bodies and movements; wow!
Thailand
I love their finger-elongating accessories!
It looked like Russia thought “We need a float too” and came up with this mini-carriage.
The Russian boys and girls turned out to be very skilled and seemed to be real ballerinas.
These performers belonged to the Philippine contingent, if I remember correctly.
West Java, Indonesia, I think. There were so many troupes that at one point I lost track.
The Japanese Association Singapore (JAS) brought on a big float with female (!) drummers and a lot of pink blossoms to celebrate JAS’ 100 year anniversary and SG50.
Did you enjoy the parade through these pictures? So far, so good? Are you ready for the highlight of Chingay 2015? Be prepared to get wowed by my next post!
Wow, the colours, the costumes, the performances. How could you take it all in?
You were certainly kept busy with your camera. Great shot of you with the dancer.
I don’t think Canada has a national uniform or a national uniform. It makes me think about these things.
My camera always keeps me busy and entertained, Melanie. Which is great, since I am on my own a lot of the time. I recently bought one of those handy selfie-sticks, so now I can put myself in the picture too, from time to time. I tend to forget about that, but it seems that followers and readers like to see a bit of me every now and then.
In Holland we have the cliche, tacky ‘uniform’, including clogs and traditional fishermen folklore costume, but that’s just for tourists, nowadays.
Enormous. Fabulous. The scale of the festivities in Singapore never seize to amaze me. So beautiful.
Greetje
They are quite good at this, especially stuff with lights, colors and fireworks.
The third n fourth pics latest are “HUDOQ costume dance” from Dayak Bahau/Modang tribes in East Kalimantan Indonesia.
Thanks for this additional information!