- Try some of the colourful Indian sweets and desserts at one of the Indian confectioneries
- Take a peek into one of the few traditional barber shops at Dunlop Street
- Saviour traditional roti prata and watch how it is prepared by being thrown into the air by the cook
- Feast on a spicy curry meal in one of the restaurants in Race Course Road
- Saviour a South Indian vegetarian meal with your right hand
- Watch Hindu devotees at prayers inside a Hindu temple
- Have your fortune told by a parakeet bird at an Indian fortune-teller stand along the five-foot ways of shophouses
- Witness Hindu devotees breaking coconuts at the temple entrance, a ritual signifying the breaking of one's ego before entering temple grounds
- Have your hands painted with traditional henna designs by a henna artist
- Catch the betelnut seller prepare his betelnut concoction wrapped in betel leaves
- Spin the wheel of fortune and have your luck read at Sakya Muni Buddha Gaya Temple
- Ring one of the bells upon entering a Hindu temple - a gesture asking God to grant your requests
- Bring home a concoction of exotic spices from a traditional provision shop
- Take a peek into the last charcoal shop in Little India at No 133 Dunlop Street
- Feast your eyes on the array of colourful fabrics inside a sari shop
- Pay a visit to the sacred tree "dressed" in a yellow sash at the junction of Upper Dickson Road and Clive Street
- Have a cup of teh-tahrik and watch it being "pulled" in front of you
- Get a vantage view of the bustling wet market from the 2nd floor of Zhujiao Centre every morning
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Top 20 Things to Do in Little India
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