EVENTS
& FESTIVALS IN SINGAPORE
Months: October
Festivals
of the Nine Emperor Gods
The nine-day festival held in
September or October. Activities are actually held around the
Nine Emperor Gods Temple located on Upper Serangoon Road. The
temple is near Yio Chu Kang Road. This festival portrays the
noisy welcome along the sound of drums and cymbals for The Nine
Emperor Gods who bring good fortune, longevity, and good health
to those Chinese believers. Chinese priests carefully write
protective charms by their very own blood. This festival looks
sacred and is climaxed with the images of nine gods parading on
a decorative sedan chair carried by eight men.
Navarathiri
Navarathiri is a Hindu festival
lasts for nine nights, and ten days. Navarathiri means
"nine nights" in itself, and is the festival held for
paying respect to three Hindu goddesses; Dhurga, Lakshmi, and
Saraswathi. The first three days are held in gratitude of Dhurga,
the goddess who protects Hindus from evil; the next three days
are for Lakshmi, the goddess of Wealth; and the next three days
are spent for Saraswathi, the goddess of wisdom and knowledge.
On the 10th day called Vijaya Dasami, Hindu devotees praise and
celebrate the conquest of Dhurga over Mahishasura, the
buffalo-headed monster. They sing traditional Indian songs and
perform dances in the evening during this ten-day festival.
On the 10th night, the
uniqueness of this festival can be seen with a parade of
glittering silver horse held at the Sri Thandayuthapani Temple
located on Tank Road.
Thimithi
This breathtaking Hindu
fire-walking ceremony can be considered as the most exciting
ceremony in Singapore. On 16th October, this festival is
conducted at the Sri Mariamman Temple located in the heart of
Chinatown. In the evening at about 5 pm, Hindu priests and
devotees walk on real burning coals in honor of the valor of the
goddess Draupadi. This holy action at least proves that there is
something beyond nature, something that seems superstitious
exist in this earth as their feet found unhurt after stepping on
red burning coals for 4 meters. What a miraculous ceremony?
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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