Chingay Parade features Vietnamese culture
(VOV) - The reverberating sounds of Central Highland gongs were a cherished highlight at the 2015 Chingay Parade that got underway on the evening of February 27 in Singapore with more than 100,000 visitors lining the city streets.
In addition, a float presenting beautiful Vietnamese women dressed in traditional Ao Dai costume was a hit at the colourful extravaganza that boasted in excess of 11,000 participating artists from 15 regional countries.
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The Chingay Parade is a traditional Chinese New Year procession that has grown in recent years to become a massive street parade, showcasing a stunning array of dancers, street floats, jugglers, percussionists, lion and dragon dancers, clowns and acrobats, among others.
The parade has its origins in China, where processions of a similar ilk were held for two weeks after the Lunar New Year to welcome the season of spring. The name ‘Chingay’ was coined from its Hokkien dialect equivalent, meaning “the art of costume and masquerade”, and is a longstanding tradition dating back to 1973, when the first parade was organised.