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Thaipusam Festival in Malaysia Batu Cave.

28 Mar

Thaipusam Festival in Malaysia Batu Cave.
Thaipusam is a Hindu festival celebrated mostly by the Tamil community on the full moon in the Tamil month of Thai (Jan/Feb). It is also referred to as Thaipooyam or Thaippooyam in the Malayalam language. Pusam refers to a star that is at its highest point during the festival. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Murugan (also Subramaniam), the youngest son of Shiva and Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a vel (spear) so he could vanquish the evil demon .

Kavadi Attam

Kavadi Attam is a dance performed by the devotees during the ceremonial worship of Murugan, the Tamil God of War.[1] It is often performed during the festival of Thaipusam and emphasizes debt bondage. The Kavadi itself is a physical burden through which the devotees implore for help from the God Murugan.[2]

Devottees at Thaipusam

Thaipusam Festvial

Devotees prepare for the celebration by cleansing themselves through prayer and fasting.

Cleansing

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Christian Lacroix the costumier

20 Mar

Christian Lacroix the costumier

The virtuoso haute couture designer Christian Lacroix, who is known for defining the look of the 1980s with its bright colours and extravagant embellishments, presents his splendid costume design Christian Lacroix twork of 20 years for the ballet, theatre and opera in this exclusive exhibition in National Museum of Singapore.

Spectacular costumes

Christian Lacroix the costumier

Christian Lacroix personal collection

Christian Lacroix personal collection

Christian Lacroix the costumier

Minister opening the Christian Lacroix the costumier

spectacular costumes

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Mandarin Oriental Hotel

16 Mar

The interior of Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Singapore

Mandarin Oriental Hotel

Mandarin Oriental Hotel Lobby

Mandarin Oriental Hotel

The Hotel Atrium

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Signing of the MOU between the community heritage institutions and the National Heritage Board

13 Mar

Signing of the MOU between the community heritage institutions and the National Heritage Board

THE National Heritage Board (NHB) has inked an agreement under which it will help in the running of three community heritage institutions.
With a budget of $30 million, it plans to beef up the programmes and collections of the Malay Heritage Centre in Kampong Glam, the Sun Yat Sen Nanyang Memorial Hall near Balestier Road and the soon-to-be-built Indian Heritage Centre in Little India. The Heritage Institutions Division has been set up to look at the operations, curation, programming, marketing and promotion of the three centres.

Minister of State Lui Tuck Yew giving speech

Signing of the MOU

Memorandum of Understanding yesterday at the Asian Civilisations Museum (ACM).

The Collabration of the heritage centres

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Puppets and Legends Series – Out of the Box!

11 Mar

Puppets and Legends Series

The Out of the Box Programme uses handling artefacts from the National Museum’s collection and two popular Asian Legends, Journey to the West and Ramayana, to teach students on values and ideals. The programme engages students through story-telling, puppet play and characterisation. Students get to play with selected musical instruments and develop their motor and creative skills through making the puppets and handling them during performance on our custom-made puppet stages. The workshop also included a guided tour of the Film & Wayang gallery to introduce the students to the museum’s puppet collection.

Students guided on puppets making

National Museum Education series

Student having fun preparing their puppets show.

Puppets and Legends in action

The play on Puppets and Legends

Show on Puppets and Legends

The show on Puppets and Legends

Puppets and Legends

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HISTORY ALIVE! at National Museum of Singapore

07 Mar

Children visit to the Museum will never be boring again! The National Museums new interactive tour for 5 to 9 year olds History Alive! is a walk through Singapore’s history. Kids were delighted by the interesting characters from the past whom they will meet in the gallery. History Alive! is part of the National Museum Christmas and New Years Day Open House celebrations.

Kids learn at the Museum

Kids learn the history of Singapore at the National Museum

Kids learn the history of Singapore

Kids learn about the war on drugs in the old days

The War on drugs

The children learn the History of Singapore at National Museum.

Learning history at the National Museum

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STORM at National Museum of Singapore

05 Mar

STORM at National Museum of Singapore

The National Museum of Singapore was given a colourful display of design and patterns by an Artise, Jinnie Seo from Korea in September 2008. The Glass Atrium was covered with various colourful shapes and patterns of stickers on the Glass Panel.

National Museum of Singapore Glass Panels

National Museum of Singapore - The Glass Wall

National Museum of Singapore - The second level Atrium

National Museum of Singapore the Night Colours of STORM

National Museum of Singapore - The STORM at night

National Museum of Singapore STORM Event

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National Heritage Board Media Launch 2009

04 Mar

The Media launch for National Heritage Board of Singapore in 2009 was launch at the Singapore Philatelic Museum. The CEO of National Heritage Board of Singapore addressed the media on the comprehensive plans for the year 2009.