On the day of the festival, devotees will shave their heads undertake a pilgrimage along a set route while engaging in various acts of devotion, notably carrying various types of kavadi (burdens). At its simplest this may entail carrying a pot of milk, but mortification of the flesh by piercing the skin, tongue or cheeks with vel skewers is also common.

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Women shaving off their hairs

pilgrimage along a set route while engaging in various acts of devotion

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 All images © Copyright Steven Tor and Storphotography. Unauthorized use and/or duplication of this material without express and written permission from this blog’s author and/or owner is strictly prohibited.

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Thaipusam Festival in Malaysia

Thaipusam Festival - A Boy reflecting his faith

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.

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Christian Lacroix personal collection

Spectacular costumes

Christian Lacroix the costumier

Christian Lacroix personal collection

Christian Lacroix the costumier

Minister opening the Christian Lacroix the costumier

spectacular costumes

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.

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

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Signing of the MOU

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.

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Puppets and Legends in action

Show on Puppets and Legends

The show on Puppets and Legends

Puppets and Legends

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.

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Kids learn at the Museum

Kids learn the history of Singapore

The War on drugs

Learning history at the National Museum

Out of the Box! My 60s Fashion Wardrobe

The workshop was meant for kids from 5 to 6 years old. It takes a light-hearted approach in introducing young and inquisitive minds on fashion, colours and patterns. The kids get to touch and feel the textures of different fabrics used for making clothes and try on a variety of fashion accessories like wigs, curlers, clogs, cat sunglasses and many more. The kids have the opportunity to an iconic fashion accessory of the 1960s and take it home after the session. The kids get to take part in hands-on activities, touch different fabrics and try on vintage fashion accessories.

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Kids having a fun time

The Fashion Gallery of National Museum

The Fashion Gallery of National Museum

Kids at The Fashion Gallery of National Museum

STOMP 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.

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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