EVENTS
& FESTIVALS IN SINGAPORE
Month: January
Thaipusam
The most fascinating Indian
festival held around January or February. Male devotees go
through the careful spiritual concentration first in order to
ready themselves for the penance by piercing their bodies with
heavy spikes supporting loaded structures called "kavadi."
Kavadi is a wooden arch decorated with fruits, pots of
milk, or flowers. Some drive the kavadi through their tongues,
cheeks, and bodies. Astonishingly, not even one drop of blood
shed while devotees march for 3-kilometre journey from Sri
Srinivasa Perumal Temple located on Sarangoon road to Sri
Thandayuthapani in Tank road. There are supporters gathering
around the devotees chanting prayers, clapping their hands, and
encouraging those devotees all along the way until they reach
the destination. Thaipusam is considered a superstitious
penitential festival. Devotees must make a prayer or fasting
before going through this breathtaking festival in honor of Lord
Subramaniam.
Festivals & Events in
Singapore
In January - Thaipusam
In February - Chinese
New Year (depending upon Lunar calendar and may fall in
January or March), Hari
Raya Haji, Chingay, and River
Hong Bao.
In March - Good
Friday Easter
In April - Qing
Ming Festival
In May - Vesaka
Day
In June - Dragon
Boat Races Festival.
In July - Null
In August - National
Day and Festival of the
Hungry Ghost
In September - Moon
Cake and Lantern Festival
In October - Festival
of the Nine Emperor Gods, Navarathiri
and Thimithi
In November - Deepavali
(Festival of Light)
In December - Hari
Raya Puasa, Christmas
and New Year
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