Gardens by the Bay CNY decorations

The Flower Dome at Gardens by the Bay is celebrating the Chinese New Year with a colourful display dedicated to the Year of the Horse. The display features sculptures of horses inspired by a Chinese painting of "100 horses" amidst a bright and colourful flowering chrysanthemums, camellias, orchids, cumquat and cherry blossoms trees.

Posters at the Gardens by the Bay

Twig horses amongst "Orchid trees" 

Silver Horses
 

Cymbidium orchids

Wooden horses in the flower field

One of the 3 horses

The sculptures looked lifelike

Orchids, Cherry blossom and Chrysanthemums featured throughout the display

Horse waiting to be ridden

Chinese knots hanging from the garden seats

Lion amongst the Orchids and Chrysanthemums

Gold coins and Phalaenopsis orchids

Chrysanthemums and Celosia

Cherry blossom tree

The main display

Lion amongst the drums

The colourful display

The Year of the Horse

With Chinese New Year at the end of this  week, Singapore in full festive spirit with decorations celebrating the Chinese New Year and the upcoming Year of the Horse. The streets of Chinatown are decorated with 88 illuminated lantern sculptures of horses that are galloping towards prosperity and countless gold coins. With Chinatown also holding a Chinese New Year bazaar with extra stores set up selling food and decorations for the home it certainly is a lively place to visit at night.

The start of the Horse lanterns in New Bridge Rd.

The gold coins

New Bridge Rd.

New Bridge Rd.

New Bridge Rd.

The main horse

Horse decorations for sale in Chinatown

Smaller horses in South Bridge Rd

 Horses in South Bridge Rd

 South Bridge Rd

Pongal Festival in Singapore

Pongal is a Hindu celebration of the harvest festival in India. The streets in Little India are decorated with lights for the month of January and the festival lasts for four days in the middle of January. Pongal festival marks the sun’s journey northwards.
During the festival of a traditional sweet delicacy called Pongal- which is sweet sticky rice made from milk, rice and sugar that are boiled together in a new pot that is presented to the Gods in return for their blessings. A festival market is set up in one of the lanes in Little India selling items for the festival.

Pongal cooking pots in the street market

Street decorations in Serangoon Road

Street decorations in Serangoon Road

Street decorations in Serangoon Road