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This is a 1978 photograph of a lion dance performance during a Chingay Parade at Marine Parade housing estate. Chingay is a street parade held yearly in Singapore as part of the Chinese New Year celebrations, usually on the first Saturday following Chinese New Year. Photograph donated by Wan Fook Kim and displayed at the Heritage Roadshow 2008. HRS3_475. Title devised by Library staff.
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- This digital copy (c) National Library Board Singapore 2008. The original work (c) Wan Fook Kim.
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