Getai goes to Orchard Rd
Lianhe Wanbao
The getai stars that will grace the stage at the first Orchard Rd getai.
Orchard Rd will host its first getai performance during the upcoming seventh month Hungry Ghost Festival.
This getai, touted to be the best and most unique getai in Singapore, will take place in front of Ngee Ann City on Sunday 31 July, which is also the start of the Hungry Ghost Festival.
Once seen only in the heartlands, the uniquely Singaporean getai culture is moving to Orchard Rd for the first time to reach younger crowds, as well as tourists.
The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that lasts an entire month beginning from the first day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar. The Chinese believe that the gates of hell open for the entire period and hungry ghosts are out and about everywhere. (Imagine a 1-month-long Halloween)
These “brothers” as the Chinese term them, are starved of both food (thereby “hungry” ghosts) and entertainment (solution: getai performances).
Look out for inSing’s Hungry Ghost Festival specials where we will cover everything to do with the festival, including flamboyant getai’s and spine-chilling ghost stories.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 6 July 2011.
Lianhe Wanbao
The getai stars that will grace the stage at the first Orchard Rd getai.
Orchard Rd will host its first getai performance during the upcoming seventh month Hungry Ghost Festival.
This getai, touted to be the best and most unique getai in Singapore, will take place in front of Ngee Ann City on Sunday 31 July, which is also the start of the Hungry Ghost Festival.
Once seen only in the heartlands, the uniquely Singaporean getai culture is moving to Orchard Rd for the first time to reach younger crowds, as well as tourists.
The Hungry Ghost Festival is a traditional Chinese festival that lasts an entire month beginning from the first day of the seventh month in the lunar calendar. The Chinese believe that the gates of hell open for the entire period and hungry ghosts are out and about everywhere. (Imagine a 1-month-long Halloween)
These “brothers” as the Chinese term them, are starved of both food (thereby “hungry” ghosts) and entertainment (solution: getai performances).
Look out for inSing’s Hungry Ghost Festival specials where we will cover everything to do with the festival, including flamboyant getai’s and spine-chilling ghost stories.
Source: Lianhe Wanbao, 6 July 2011.
