Festivals in Singapore
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- 2. It is customary for Chinese wedding couples to offer ________ to their parents and elders as part of the traditional ______ ceremony.
- 3. On which day of the week must Muslim men perform congregational prayers at the mosque or masjid?
- 5. Hindus do not eat ___________ because it is the meat of a sacred animal.
- 8. Because _________ have Portuguese, Dutch, French and English heritage*6, they adopt many European practices.
- 9. The coloured dot on the forehead of an Indian lady is called a _________ or bindhi. Children wear black ________ to ward off evil.
- 10. The most auspicious and lucky colour to the Chinese is ______.
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- 1. One of the traditional costumes of an Indian woman is the ________ , a single piece of unsewn material five and a half metres long, worn with a choli.
- 4. It is an Indian custom to offer flower garlands to visitors as a mark of __________. They are also used to adorn deities in temples.
- 5. The Chinese associate the colours _______ and white with deaths and funerals.
- 6. The Eurasian cuisine is a fusion of the ________ and the west.
- 7. Besides Hari Raya Puasa, Muslims in Singapore also celebrate Hari Raya _________.
- 9. Muslims do not eat _________ and meat from poultry not slaughtered according to Islamic requirements.