One of the main reasons why Chingay is started is to celebrate the birthday of the Chinese deities or the procession of the goddess of mercy during the Chinese New Year festivities. However, I doubt that this is the main purpose of still holding Chingay nowadays annually. In my opinion, the purpose of Chingay 2016 is to bring people of different races religion and creed at one and to celebrate the auspicious dates of Chinese New Year. Singapore is a country where everyone of race and religion should be able to come together without discrimination. Thus, the performances of Chingay emphasises on this belief by performing items of different culture and shows that the performers of one race or religion can work together perfectly fine with another performer to put up such a wonderful performance.
I think the first Chingay is mostly to celebrate the Chinese and the goddess of mercy. However, this changed to celebrate all the races and religion, from Chinese to Malays to Indians, from Buddhism to Christianity. I think this change happened as they want to bond Singaporeans more. The more bonded Singaporeans are, the more cooperative we would be, which would result in a more sound place for everyone to stay in.
I think the organisers have successfully fulfilled the purpose. The organisers put in different performers from different culture. These includes the dragon dance from the Chinese culture, Malay and Indian dances. There are also several performance that has many cultures performing. With this cooperation among people of different races and religion, people can learn that and apply the skill in real life.
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