Deepavali is on the 14th of Nov. The Hindu Festival of Light.
Here is the story of Deepavali in Flash
Orchard Road is the main shopping and entertainment area of Singapore. It is where many Hotels are located. Here are some thumbnails of a some scenes one would see as you walk down Orchard Road. Click on the pictures to enlarge.
These pictures below depict Raffles Place. This square is the Heart and Center of Singapore is named after the Founder of Modern Singapore.. This is the banking and commercial center of Singapore City. Below are thumbnails of thesquare as well the tall buildings surrounding it.
Singapore is a multiracial city with a diversity of culture. Here are examples of two common religions prctised in Singapore. Many Chinese in Singapore are Taoists. Hinduism in Singapore is prctised by mainly the Indian Singaporeans.
The scenes below are taken at Peoples Park Complex. This Complex was redeveloped from a earlier open air market place where all manner of merchandise was sold. It was one of the cheapest places to buy household goods. There were also numerous food vendors selling a variety of local cooked food. This open air market was burnt down in a large fire. The Government then built a Shopping Complex to house the vendors. It is still a popular Destination both for locals and tourists in search of good bargains. Shown below is the inside of the Food Centre in the Complex.
The Singapore River is where Modern Singapore all started. Sir Stamford Raffles (the founder of modern Singapore) a representative of the British East India Company first landed here. He came with the intention to start a trading post. The Singapore River has from the early days of its founding in1819 been the main artery of commerce.
Ancient Singapore long before the coming of Raffles has many colourful legends attached and its history is intertwined with that of the founding of the Malacca Sultanate which at the height of its power was overlord of much of the Malay world. This story I will try to tell in another section later.
Modern Singapore has a population made up of a majority of Chinese immigrants, a minority of Malays and Indians and a sprinkling of people of many ethnicity from all over the world.
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