And so since it’s Ramadhan, I decided to have a looksee at Geylang Serai before Hari Raya or to some of you, Eid Mubarak. Diff languages, same thing. Anywho, here we go!
It’s a crowded place with the bazaars stretching on both sides of the road. Parking is difficult so it’s best you get there by bus, MRT or well, park further and walk there somehow.
Nonetheless, every year they have a light up at Geylang and you’ll see tons of lights there. Amusingly, you’ll see light ups for every festival here, Chinese New Year at Chinatown will have a red tinge to it, Deepavali at Little India might be purple (or at least, it was that last year) and Christmas is free for all depending on that the malls at Orchard Road like. In any case, Hari Raya = Usually green.
The bazaar is a packed place where you can buy baju kurung, kebayas etc including kueh (tidbits), toys, music etc. Pretty much anything to do to decorate your house too. There’s usually a trend at the bazaar, last year it was dendeng (thin slices of barbequed meat) and this year… It’s Upin and Ipin inflatable toy dolls. Stalls were all selling it and kids were carrying them around. The characters are very popular since the cartoon series is about Ramadhan and them having adventures.
Keep your monies close to you since it’s really packed and you’ll jostle as you get along the stalls. Still, you can get very good deals there!
Funness! Anatolia Express is the mobile version of the Anatolia restaurant that I like. They’ve very nice kebabs. In any case, besides Muslims, you can see a lot of other people like to go to the bazaar to buy food! There’s a whole range there and it’s pretty fun. The green looking stall in the middle picture were selling decorations and packets for you to put money in. Kind of like Chinese New Year if you don’t know. Or heck, if you don’t know CNY too, you put monies in the packets to give to children visiting your house during Hari Raya or the elderly etc.
One new thing that I haven’t seen in previous years was that there was a choir! They were singing songs about being good etc. You know, what choirs usually would sing about being pious and whatnot. Ok, the word choir here is weird when I see it translated but that’s pretty much what it is in English.
Anywhoooo, I spent more time doing a video instead! So check the video out. Ok. It’s cause I didn’t back up my photos before shooting my camera and had limited picture space. That’s it for this year’s bazaar! Hari Raya is tomorrow as of the timing of this post so wooooh.
OH YES, before I forget! These guys actually filmed this the same day as the location that we were at last Saturday. The Adventure Crew was at the Malay Heritage Centre when Hirzi and Munah did this (you’ll only see this episode of SDS on Monday!). If you’ve stuck around this blog for quite a while, you might have found them familiar, heh. Watch it, it’s funny!
