Around Singapore - Chingay Parade

The annual Chingay Parade was crazy! It's another Chinese New year celebration to welcome the spring. Although these parades have apparently been held throughout Asia since the late 1800s, the Chingay Parade officially came to Singapore in 1973. It was a huge parade and we actually bought tickets so we could sit in the grandstands erected just for the parade. We got great seats, right in front of City Hall where the parade began. So we got to see everything - all the floats, the performances, fireworks - it was amazing! The kids especially loved the lion and dragon dances, but the floats and performances were incredible!