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Lights-up Please It's Deepavali
- Singapore Tourism Board Fonds
Fonds/Collection
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Singapore Tourism Board
Source
- 1985
Record Date
- 00:13:00
Recorded Duration
- English
Recording Language
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1997001117
Accession No.
- Audiovisual
Type
- U-Matic
Format
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Synopsis :Showcases Deepavali celebration in 1985; brightly-lit streets in Serangoon Road; crowds of people on the streets; official opening of the lighting up ceremony in Little India attended by Mr Othman Wok.
There were board member of Singapore Tourist Promotion Board (STPB), other STPB officials and members of the Indian community; Indian dance item; colourful, decorated shops; exposition; preparations for the festival - new clothes, flowers, sweetmeats; symbolism and story behind Deepavali; rites and ceremony - oil-bath, receiving blessings from elders, supplication at the altar; worshippers at Hindu temple.
