1. Our thoughts on
Chingay 2014
‘colours of fabric, one people,
布海同心’

2. What is Chingay
• Chingay is an annual street parade held in Singapore as part of
the Lunar New Year celebrations.
• It was originally a religious festival with roots in China.
• The modern Chingay has evolved into a multi-cultural event
including participants of diverse ethnicities and nationalities.

3. What does the theme mean
to us?
Jean :
I felt that the theme showed the united
multi-racial spirit of the people in
Singapore, therefore 'one people' to
represent everyone. '布海同心‘ is that in the
sea of fabric and different colours, it was
the same heart, and the same spirit people
have within them.
Gabbie :
I feel that the theme means that even
though there are many different races of
people in Singapore, we are very united.

4. What does the theme mean
to us?
Petra :
‚Colours of fabric, one people‛ What it means to
me is, different people coming together as one!
Yi Xiang :
The theme signifies that Singapore is one country
an there is hardly any disagreement between
races and religion

5. What does the theme mean
to us?
Kai Ming :
The theme was colors of fabric, one people, 布海
同心. To me it means together as a whole, sharing
a common spirit and being united.!

6. Chingay Parade Segments
• Grand opening of the parade. The song 'paint
with one heart' was sang during the opening
• There was a group of 700 young girls dancing
Chinese dance and a showcase of batik fabric
that flowed through the parade with
multicultural performers.
• The first segment represents Chinese which is a
race in Singapore and batik fabric which is from
the Malay.
• This shows that Singapore is a multiracial
country and that differnet races can depend on
each other.

7. Chingay Parade Segments
• There is also a First-time Singapore Getai
"新加坡歌台" with celebrity artistes Liu
Ling Ling, Wang Lei, Lee Pei Fen and Rawi
Hamin featured at the Parade.
• Community Puppetry Art with Huge
Mobile Structures and Puppets. Vibrant
Indian Bollywood-themed Performing
Contingent. Malay Dance-off between
traditional and modern contemporary
Malay dances and many more!
• This shows the different races in
Singapore featuring their own culture
and dance.

8. Chingay Parade Segments
• PARADE FINALE PRESENTED BY 3,000
PERFORMERS INVOLVING TENS OF THOUSAND
MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY
• Knit As One "网织同心"
• 1,500 Pieces of Community-Knitted
Tapestries
• Presenting two 360 meter-long knitted art
pieces that exemplifies a closely-knit
Singapore.
• This represent the whole of Singapore
joining as one to help each other to
complete the task given.

14. What I enjoyed about the
parade!
Jean : I personally think that some of the
performances were really eye-catching
and fantastic, but of course there are
some parts which was quite boring and
lost the attention of people. Also, I
couldn’t actually hear what the emcees
were saying as the sounds were a bit too
blaring and I could not catch his words.
There were also many cool stuff in the
pack that was given to us, such as pom
poms and a skarf. I think the seats were a
bit too small and may be quite

15. What I enjoyed about the
parade!
Gabbie :
I enjoyed the atmosphere of the Chingay
parade. Most of the people was actively
participating and cheering so it got me
really excited too so i started cheering and
screaming too and the performances were
really interesting especially since i have
not seen fire crackers before i was really
absorbed in that performance and there
was fire blowing thing too so i was really
absorbed in the performance. But during the
parade i couldn't hear what the speaker
was saying on the microphone as everyone
were really loud so i didn't know what was
going on so they can improve on
that..

16. What I enjoyed about the
parade!
Petra :I enjoyed the whole program! But the thing
I enjoyed most would be the ending part, where
they broadcast some of the trendy music through
their sound system and everyone was going crazy
singing along and shaking their pom poms to the
beat of the song! I really enjoyed that as, one of
my favorite songs were played, and it was just
full of joyous spirit and happiness! Another thing
I enjoyed was witnessing the different segments
pass through in all different various colors and
performing various stunts! It was very eye
catching and entertaining! I personally think
Chingay was very well planned and carried out
and its perfect so I do not think there are areas

17. What I enjoyed about the
parade!
Yi Xiang :
I enjoy the fact that the parade was held in an
open shelter and could feel the wind blowing and
it was not hot at all. The parade was also very
vibrant and colourful which is appropriate for
the theme of the parade. The parade was also
very organised and there were no pauses in
between each transition. The improvements to be
made are that when we were moving to our
sitting area, it was very crowded and
disorganised. It was not planned properly and
there was literally a human traffic jam. I also
dislike the fact that the goodie bags has too less
food to fill our stomach as the parade was to

18. What I enjoyed about the
parade!
Kaiming :
I really enjoyed how the hosts interacted with
the audience and how the audience was very
supportive of the whole show and sang along to
the various songs. I liked how they incorporated
many different songs from different races into
the chingay performance. I think the committee
can improve on the fact that the confetti weren't
spread out evenly. They can also get the audience
hyped up by getting people to stand near the
audience and making them cheer along.

19. Personal thoughts!
Jean :
It was my first time at the Chingay parade
and I really got to feel what the
atmosphere is like over there. Overall, I
enjoyed this learning journey very much,
it was really interesting, fascinating and a
great eye-opening memorable experience
for me! I hope that the school could
organise more learning journeys like this!

20. Personal thoughts!
Gabbie :
My personal thoughts are that the
audience should spare a thought for
others as they were really inconsiderate
as the school behind us was throwing
litter down at us and their pom poms
were hitting our heads all the time so
halfway through my mood was ruined by
them but it was also fun as the class
sitting in front of us had really funny
people so it lifted my mood a little. So
overall i still feel that this learning

21. Personal thoughts!
Petra :
It was my first time at Chingay and I
thoroughly enjoyed it! I think it was also it
good opportunity to bond further with
classmates and experience our first chingay
together! And also taking countless of selfies
together! It also gives us time off our busy
and hectic schedule to relax a bit! But despite
all the fun experiences, there were also
down sides! There were a bunch of students
behind who supposedly got too hyped over
the performance and were shaking their
pompoms vigorously to the point that it kept
brushing across the back of my head, which

22. Personal thoughts!
YiXiang :
It was very fun and I learnt a lot of things.
It was my first time attending the parade
and I experience a lot of new things at
first hand. The theme was also well
chosen as it represent Singapore. I also
got to bond with my classmates as we sit
through the parade. Our friendship grew
as we spent more time with each other.
The parade was colourful and the
organiser of Chingay did not hesitate to
use the fireworks even though it was

23. Personal thoughts!
Kaiming :
I feel this learning journey is a great
success and definitely a memorable
experience as it let our class and cohort
bond together and also let us get to know
more about other things outside of school
curriculum. We also got stress relief by
partying instead of studying.

24. Thank you for your
Kind Attention!
Done By :
Jean Low
Petra Ng
Gabbie Er
Chiew Yi Xiang
Ng Kai Ming

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