Chingay is annual street and floats parade which takes place during the Chinese New Year period in Singapore. Participants includes performers from all over Asia and also from a galaxy far far away.
The 2 days event was held on 19 and 20th of Feb. There’s a small carnival to entertain the young and old in the afternoon before the actual parade at night. As per recent trend, it has become a norm for any big events to use cosplay as a selling point to attract the crowd. Which is fine in this case since almost everyone taking part in the parade are in costumes. Ok move along now.
2. The lovely meido with tonight’s dinner.
3. You must be stranded on a deserted island if you haven’t heard of Hexlord aka Usagi-san? Kudos to him for this pic.
4. Note to self: Get nekomini before the next troop. Nyan~
5. This cute Miku walked over and asked me why am I so dirty? I must think of more reasons as I seem to be getting this question a lot lately. ^^;
6. The cute meido again. What’s she holding in her hands?
7. Hmm… Looks like she got tired of cooking and cleaning so decided to go for some target practice.
8. Lightning right? Notice anything different about yours truly? :3c
9. First ever female main character in a Final Fantasy game right?
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OK enough about non-related stuff and to the main event.
All the below photos are taken off flickr.
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A short clip of us marching past.
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There’s one very nice shot of us here.
The 501st Legion Singapore Garrison is just one of the many colourful contingents in the parade. Check out more pictures of the other performers at flickr.
*plays marching music*
wish they played the Imperial march, it will be so cool, but since we are sandwiched between the samba segment, we got samba music instead…
then Samba dance troopers sound not bad too ^^;
Gorgeous cosplay girls ^^
But troopers are the best! Love picture #14
Poor sand troopers… always the dirtiest. Ungrateful, but well, if it tickles the curiousity of beautiful ladies, that’s a pretty good point ^^
When i ask them which one they prefer they always say the clean trooper. guess i haven’t found the dirty girl yet. ^^;
wow, all kidding aside, your armor is immaculate.
seriously how much white polish did you guys use up? that is one shiny helmet photo#14
novus polish. but i don’t need it.
i see the familiar chibi bobba and some new chibis… and new faces in the legion.
cool! thanks for sharing! :3
Were you in the parade too??
Lovely meido girl ^^
yes i am in the parade. ^^;
Lots of lovely droids ^o^
oh yes plenty. they wonder if my dirt will rub off onto their costumes. :3c
Nice to meet you again, great to see the amazing group in action.
And thanks for the link too, I am not that well-known lar… :X
Thank you bro.
I always like to look through Hexlord’s photos!
was this the first time the 501st Legion joining the Chingay march?
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Nice pics. ^^ Saw u guys on TV the other day, but it was plain weird seeing Imperial troops marching down the road to brazilian samba music. I was half-expecting u guys to break into samba dances suddenly. ^^;
got to ask George if we can do that. ^^;
Joining the troops certainly impresses the ladies hm?
Atleast thats the impression I get when Im lookin at your pictures.
Theres something awesome about seeing the empire parade on the streets of earth ^_^
Thanks for the photos~ ^^
and I really thought they were going to change the music .____.
(Meido here~)
hello meido-chan! how did u get here? ^^
Ron’s sister told me your webbie
wow small world indeed. Ron’s sister dress up as well? ^^;
Nope, Ron’s sister didn’t cosplay.
u can wear your brother’s armour when he’s not around.
I’ve never heard of Chingay, but it looks fun, wish I could’ve seen it for myself.
Love image 15.
To whom do I credit such a beautiful shot?
click on pic to go to the sauce.
very wonderful event, hope next year solo batik carnival join at the event again……
wa… now i feel like looking for the re-telecast of the parade u_u
think it’s tomorrow.
I just watched the re telecast ^^; were you captured on TV?
yes briefly. ^^ Lord Vader, the TIE fighter, the female Imperial Officer and R2D2 has more screen time.
The meido.. beri kawaii desu~ :3
Wow, tha’s 1 wonderful event for cosplayers ! How it makes me wanna join it for no reason….