Racial Harmony Day 种族和谐日

Singapore

新加坡

Racial Harmony Day is celebrated annually on July 21.

The event is to commemorate the 1964 Race Riots, which took place on 21 July 1964.

During the riot, 23 people were killed and 454 injured.

Students are taught the importance of maintaining racial and religious harmony in Singapore’s multicultural and multi-ethnic society.

Racial Harmony Day was launched in 1997 as part of the National Education programme conducted by the Ministry of Education (MOE) for schools.

Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong attended Racial Harmony Day ever said:

"Singapore for many years did not have race riots or other racist incidents, this did not just occur naturally."

"In turn, we must understand that racial harmony is painstakingly created."

Singapore Government's approach is:

Do not hide the truth of the history of ethnic conflict, but instead make that incident as a national memorial day.

Let us bear in mind the lessons learnt from history and cherish the racial harmony we have today.

种族和谐日是在每年7月21日庆祝。

活动是为了纪念发生于1964年7月21日的种族骚乱。

当年的暴乱，有23人被杀及454人受伤。

学生们被教导在新加坡的多元文化和多种族社会里，保持种族和宗教和谐的重要性。

种族和谐日成立于1997年由教育部（MOE）为学校开展的全国教育计划的一部分。

新加坡李显龙总理在出席种族和谐日活动时曾说：

“新加坡过去那么多年不曾发生种族暴动或其他种族事件，这并非自然产生。”

“反过来,我们必须瞭解,种族和谐是我们辛苦创造出来的。”

新加坡政府的做法是：

不掩藏种族冲突的历史真相，反而把这个导致新加坡被分裂出去的种族事件的发生日作为全国性的纪念日。

让大家牢记历史教训，从而珍惜今日的种族和谐。

P/S: During our era, we did not have "Racial Harmony Day", but our text book cover also promote racial harmony.

注：我们那年代虽没“种族和谐日”，但我们的《生活教育》课本封面也提倡种族和谐。

Samila Beach 萨米拉海滩

Thailand - Songkhla (Samila Beach)

泰国 － 宋卡府（萨米拉海滩）

Samila Beach is the most popular beach in Songkhla province.

萨米拉海滩是宋卡府最受欢迎的海滩。

The famous Songkhla mascot Mermaid statue can be found here.

著名的宋卡府吉祥物美人鱼雕像可以在这里找到。

The two islands Ko Nu and Ko Maew (Mouse and Cat Islands), not far from the beach, are also popular landmarks and a preferred fishing ground.

离海滩不远的两座岛屿 － 鼠岛和猫岛，也是很受欢迎的地标及首选的钓鱼地带。

According to a local folk tale, a cat, a mouse and a dog were travelling on a Chinese ship.

据当地民间传说，一只猫、一只老鼠和一只狗在一艘中国船舶上渡海。

They stole a crystal from a merchant and try to swim to the shore.

它们偷了商人的水晶，并试图游到岸边。

Both the cat and the mouse drowned and became the two islands.

猫和老鼠淹死了，变成两座岛屿。

Although the dog reached the beach, but died and became Khao Tang Kuan.

虽然狗游到海滩，但却死了变成登功山。

The crystal turned into the white sandy beach.

水晶则变成了白色沙滩。

Eid al-Fitr 开斋节

Singapore - Geylang Serai

新加坡 － 芽笼士乃

Eid al-Fitr, festival of breaking of the fast, is an important religious holiday celebrated by Muslims worldwide that marks the end of Ramaḍān.

The religious Eid is a single day during which Muslims are not permitted to fast.

The holiday celebrates the conclusion of the 29 or 30 days of dawn-to-sunset fasting during the entire month of Ramaḍān.

The day of Eid, therefore, falls on the first day of the month of Shawwāl.

The date for the start of any lunar Hijri month varies based on the observation of new moon by local religious authorities, so the exact day of celebration varies by locality.

In Singapore, Brunei and Malaysia, Eid is more commonly known as Hari Raya Aidilfitri.

Hari Raya means Celebration Day in Malay.

On this day, Muslims celebrate with their families and to ask forgiveness from parents, in-laws, and other elders.

It is common to greet people with "Salam Aidilfitri" or "Selamat Hari Raya" which means "Happy Eid".

Muslims also greet one another with "maaf zahir dan batin", which means "Forgive my physical and emotional wrongdoings".

Children are given token sums of money, also known as "duit raya" (usually in green packet), from their parents or elders.

开斋节是世界各地的穆斯林标志着斋戒月的结束，并庆祝的一个重要宗教节日。

在此宗教节日的一天，穆斯林不得斋戒。

这个节日的庆祝，也标志着从黎明到日落禁食29天或30天的斋戒月的结束。

因此，开斋节就落在回历的第十个月的第一天。

回历是根据月球变化为基础，由当地宗教局观察新月，再决定开斋日；因此庆祝活动的确切日期会因地区而异。

在新加坡、文莱和马来西亚，开斋节是通常被称为 Hari Raya Aidilfitri。

Hari Raya 在马来语的意思是庆祝日。

在这一天，穆斯林会与家人一同庆祝，并会请求父母、姻亲和其他长辈的原谅。

人们见面通常都会祝贺 "Salam Aidilfitri" 或 "Selamat Hari Raya"，意思是“节日快乐”。

穆斯林则会互相招呼 "maaf zahir dan batin"，意思是“请原谅我的身体和情绪的错误行为”。

小孩们从他们的父母或长辈处得到象征式的金钱，称为 "duit raya"（通常放在绿包里）。