Mid Autumn Festival and Deepavali Festival are in town!
It’s that time of the year again: the Chinese Mid Autumn Festival and the Indian Deepavali celebrations are in town.
The dates this year are:
Mid Autumn Festival: has started and ends october 16th
Deepavali: has started and ends around november 10th
Both festivals come with street markets and street decorations.
Check out the programs here
Be sure to check out the calendar for the festivities and the locations in Singapore:
Mid Autumn Festival Gardens by the Bay
Deepavali Little India
Interested to read and see more?
I wrote several articles about both festivals:
The best festivals I attended in Singapore
About Mid Autumn Festival:
This article gives an overview of Mid Autumn celebrations in Singapore in past years.
And this post shows you how beautiful the lanterns were last year at Gardens by the Bay.
About Deepavali:
This post about Deepavali in 2013 gives you an idea of what the streets look like during Deepavali.
If you live in Singapore or visit Singapore during this period, I recommend you check out both festivals!
I saw that there is a 1960s fancy dress contest for Chinatown. That sounds like fun! I would be curious to see what people wear. I love the colours that spray across the city for this Autumn Festival. The evenings must be magical.
That sounds indeed very fun! My expectations of the evenings at Gardens by the Bay are high. Pictures will follow soon, as it opens saturday.