What is Chinggay?

[JohnGao]

Well, read that Chinggay is this Saturday and decided to google the origins.

Looks like it is a Buddhist/Taoist festival according to wiki.

The Chingay Parade is an annual street parade held in Malaysia and Singapore in celebration with the birthdays of the Chinese deities or the procession of the Goddess of Mercy (Guanyin) as part of the Chinese New Year festivities.

The term Chingay itself originated from the Chinese communities of Southeast Asia, which is a phonetic equivalent of both the Chinese words "真艺" (zhēnyì) which means "true art" in the Penang version, and "妆艺," (zhuāngyì) which means "a decorated miniature stage" or float in the Singapore version. PAYM (People's Association Youth Movement) has been an active contributor to chingay in Singapore.

Your views?

 

[laksaboy]

Anything related to the People's Association is also related to the PAP.

It's just some stupid parade to suck some money from the tourists. What's it got to do with Guan Yin?

https://chingay.org.sg/about-chingay

The First Formal Chingay Parade in Singapore was mooted by the then-Prime Minister Lee Kuan Yew who was also the chairman of the People's Association (PA). Chingay, with all its noise and gaiety, would compensate for the ban on firecrackers, a customary New Year practice to drive away evil spirits.

So, you should have brought your sissy son to watch the Chingay Parade more often during his formative years then, Mr Founding Father Sir. :kma:

 

[freedalas]

Well, read that Chinggay is this Saturday and decided to google the origins.

Looks like it is a Buddhist/Taoist festival according to wiki.



Your views?

Three years back, when the Chingay participants were performing in Orchard Rd to promote the parade, an angmoh couple stopped me and and asked if Chingay was a parade for Chinese gays.

 

[eatshitndie]

it means very gay.

 

[Garbage]

it means very gay.

it means Chinks are gays

 

[mojito]

Will we have a parade for the resurrection of lky?

 

[Equalisation]

According to the annals of Feng Shui, Chinggay is celebrated to coincide with the appearance of the Loving Star.:o

 

[Arizona]

It means that Chinks are gays.

 

[dr.wailing]

It means that Chinks are gays.

That was what I thought too, when I first came to Sinkieland to pick up PR status.

 

[NoNewsGood]