Entry 7: Festivals in Singapore

Well, the festivals I celebrate are Christmas and Chinese new year. I celebrate only two festivals because I don't have any religions, but the reason why I celebrate Christmas is just for fun. And of course I must celebrate Chinese new year because I'm Chinese and its just enjoying a family reunion. The way I celebrate Chinese new year is by having a family reunion by having lucky yu sheng and then inviting my relatives to come to my house to play video games. The way I celebrate Christmas is just by placing a Christmas tree in my living room till the end of Christmas and receiving presents from my parents and also having a feast, no Christmas cards, no singing carols as I hate singing because it gives me such a headache and no family reunion. Some other festivals I know are Depavali, Auld Lang Synge's day, new year's day, Hari Raya puasa, Esther day, Thaipusam and National day. Indians celebrate Depavali by praying at the temple, Auld Lang Synge's day if celebrated by forgiving and making new friends by people all over the world, Hari Raya puasa is celebrated by doing spring cleaning, drawing pictures on the floor and wearing Malay custom clothing to pray at the mosque, Esther day is celebrated by making Esther eggs and praying at the church, Thaipusam is celebrated by Hindus, some Indians will honer their gods by piercing metal rods attached to decorations into their body and walk through the streets to their Hindu temple and while they walk along the streets their fellow Hindus will sing Indian songs to encourage them to keep walking and not give up, National day is celebrated by we Singaporeans by having a show at marina bay on a floating platform. Celebrating festivals in Singapore helps strengthen racial harmony because if an Indian celebrates Chinese new year he might feel more connected to the Chinese race.