This is a pre-1914 photograph from E. A. Brown's collection. It shows part of a Chinese funeral procession walking along Bras Basah Road. Four bearers wearing funerary dress and headgear are carrying a decorated sedan chair. Several musicians with Chinese gongs are following behind the sedan chair. No date of creation provided. Title devised by Library staff. Information contributed by Richard Hale.

Credit Line

From the Edwin A. Brown Collection. All rights reserved, Celia Mary Ferguson and National Library Board, Singapore 2008

Subjects

• Ethnic Communities>>Customs and Traditions
• Architecture and Landscape>>Streets and Places
• People and communities>>Customs>>Death customs
• Funeral rites and ceremonies--Singapore--Photographs
• Chinese--Singapore--Social life and customs--Photographs
• Mourning customs--Singapore--Photographs
• Sedan chairs--Singapore--Photographs
• Streets--Singapore--Photographs