We have stayed in Tai Kok Tsui area for 4 years and every year around the 1st week of March, there will be this carnival organised by a little temple in the neighbourhood. We happened to pass by last Sunday after a tim sum lunch with the old man and decided to take a walk through it. It's much like the "Pasar Malam" of Singapore with lots of goodies stalls and live performances. The only problem was, the goodies did not appeal to us... :(
Tai Kok Tsui Temple Carnival
"Wish upon the Dragon?"I found this "Wish upon the Dragon" gimmick rather interesting though. Some ladies were selling the wishing cards and customers will write their wishes on the cards and paste them on the dragon's body which was at least 20 feet long for a certain fee. I think the money collected will be donated to some charity organisations. It's quite interesting for passerbys like us to read the wishes. Some children wished for good exams results, some wished for peace, some wished for safety, ...the list went on and on. Most of the wishing cards were pasted near to the dragon's head and not at the tail. Guess why? ;)
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What sort of goodies were there? Hmm... I would imagine that S'poreans are pretty adventurous when it comes to food so it must be pretty, for the lack of a better word, grotesque, no?
That said, I've not tasted roasted locusts yet... hmm...
Hi CK,
The goodies were mainly "wife cakes", candied nuts, preserved plums and dried fruits and all sorts of cakes and pastry that people would use for praying to the Gods at the temples. Not that they are grotesque but just not our type of foods.
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