by Joshua Chiang
Sometimes, it’s best to let the pictures do the talking.
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With the gahmen asking the Thaipusam devotees to turn it down, will they next ask getai and funeral processions to also quieten down?
“Do not play musical instruments”.
Like asking the Christians in church, do not play the organ, just sing your hymns.
What is religion without music, for a colourfully vibrant religion like Hinduism, stripping off music is like a body without the soul.
Georggy Yeo would have agreed with me.
Are you sure you can take photographs? Isn’t it disrespectful to the religion and people.
Thaipusam has been an integral part of hindu society here in Singapore. Celebrated by true blue Singaporeans who have been here from the start and built this country with their hands. Now they want to impose all these rules on Thaipusam but organise water festivals so our foreigners can feel at home.
gahmen shld also enforce the noise level during getai performance. many times getai organiser just blast volume to max
& when police cme by, they lower a bit & once police walk away, getai organiser
starts to blast volume again. these getai
doesn’t give any due consideration to students studying for exams or elderly
who are disturb by such loud noise. example of area concern, the open grass
patch in front of blk 129, Bukit Merah View where many ‘concerts’ are held within few mths period.
slowlt we are losing our colorful culture.
thaipusam – no music is almost equal to no lion dancing during CNY….
Joshua – those are very good pictures that you have taken.
Choir hymns should also be canceled from shopping centers. Chinese New Year songs too.
Thanks online citizen for publishing the thaipusam photo gallery. after all that fuss created on line and the unnecessary drama stirred up by Lawyer M ravi, the entire thaipusam festival 2011 has gone off well and with super clockwork precision. If anyone has done a dis-service to racial and religious harmony in Singapore and attempted to tear the hindu community apart, it is M Ravi. The sooner all those who support him stop supporting him, the better for the Hindu community in Singapore.
Yup really nice photos which brings out the feel of the festive.
i think hindu brothers don talk or message too much.we talk with action may all of us go to another state of country to pratice our religion.if our own land rejecting us.pls be calm.