Chinese New Year in Singapore
Time for family and togetherness
The Chinese New Year in Singapore is a joyous event that starts on the first day of the first month of the Chinese calendar and lasts throughout a week. There are many serviced apartments Jakarta offers its discerning guests and Somerset Grand Citra Jakarta is one of the most sought after service apartments in Jakarta in which one can find convenient and comfortable lodgings during the festival period. Chinese New Year goes by many names all over the world, amongst which the names Spring Festival and Lunar New Year are the most popular. The whole of Singapore comes alive during the festival with colourful lights, vivid lanterns and lion and dragon dancers lacing the streets with so much festivity. Fire eaters brighten up the alleyways at night as the throngs squeal in delight as the fire roars upwards into a starry night. New cloths are worn to herald a new beginning while prior to the dawning of the New Year, the people of Singapore make it a point to finish off their spring cleaning to welcome the new year without the residue of the last hindering them. Various kinds of delicious goodies are prepared in houses with delicious smells filling the air and families come together to feast on these delicacies as the Chinese New Year in Singapore is all about celebrating the family and togetherness. The most remarkable feature of the festival is the Chingay Parade, a grand carnival-like street parade with thrilling spectacles of magicians, fire eaters, various dance acts as well as dazzling floats gliding about the streets heralding the New Year.
Jayani Senanayake is a writer who dabbles in travel and all things exotic. Under the pseudonym of Calliope Sage, she writes of the allures that must simply be discovered. Google+
