Chinese New Year Light-up and Festivities
Singapore welcomes the Chinese New Year with much fanfare. Albeit, officially, a three-day celebration, the country makes merry weeks before and even for weeks after the fact, serving up everything from food bazaars to glitzy firework shows by the marina. It’s common to find the streets a blitz of activity during this time. The locus […]
Bali Art Festivals
Upon launching the first Bali Arts Festival in 1979, Bali’s then-Governor Ida Bagus Mantra proclaimed the new event’s importance as “the basic forum for the growth of our love of the arts.” In the present day, Governor Mantra’s declaration remains as relevant as ever, with a robust selection of Balinese and Indonesian arts finding a […]