Shop displaying Chinese funeral objects for sale : general view
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19 Jul 2007
Photographed By Tay, Lionel
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This photograph shows a store in the Tiong Bahru Market, selling goods that are symbolic gifts for the dead to be used in the afterlife. They are sold to believers who burn them as offerings to the spirits in the netherworld. Title devised by Library staff.
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