I am increasingly baffled by the attempts by the Community Center to 'reach out' to the general public at our Tanglin Community Center. It is true that we have an interntional population in Singapore, particularly in Tanglin or especially estates near the City Center, but I have noticed that the 'want' to celebrate the festive occasions like Thanksgiving, Halloween, Octoberfest which once were totally alien to our culture is somewhat baffling.
Community events are normally subsidised by the People's Association and annual dinners with the objective of giving out awards to deserving sports and interest group leaders I fully support. Octoberfest ? What next ? Japanese emperor birthday ? Martin Luther King day ?
We are a South East ASIAN country (yes) with increasing international connections and premanent residents but to ape and follow alien activities in the name of community bonding ? I am all for the private clubs, restaurants, sports bars and the like to do the 'oom pah pah' and ape the Germans to eat pork knuckle and drink Bavarian beer, but the local community centre should first and formost promote the harmony of its residents like the common exercise and interest groups - my karate club, the rumba dance and band sessions are 3 of the clubs which are affected by this Sunday's event.
What is Octoberfest ?
Oktoberfest. Oktoberfest, annual festival in Munich, Germany, held over a two-week period and ending on the first Sunday in October. The festival originated on October 12, 1810, in celebration of the marriage of the crown prince of Bavaria, who later became King Louis I, to Princess Therese von Sachsen-Hildburghausen.
So what gives ??
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