Kampong Glam Cemetery by junge1

Photography • Historical • posted on Nov 27, 2008

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The area of the Kampong Glam is the historic seat of the Malay royalty, resident here before the arrival of Sir Stamford Raffles. In the early days of Singapore it was allocated not only to the original Malays, but also to Javanese, Bugis, and Arab merchants and residents. It is said that in the Kampong Glam Cemetery Malay royalty is buried among the frangipani trees and coconut palms. Many of the graves have fallen into ruin and are overgrown, but more recent graves are tended, as is evidenced by the cloths placed over the headstones. In this photo most headstones show evidence of some remnants of cloths. This picture was taken in January 1996 and later scanned. Thank you for viewing and commenting on my uploads and a special 'Thank you' to those that may have added some of these to their favorites. It is Thanksgiving here in the United States and I wish everyone a 'Happy Thanksgiving'. All others, not fortunate enough to have a holiday today, I wish you a nice day. On an aside, we had our first rain here in Phoenix, Arizone in over 90 days, but it wasn't as much as forecast. At my house I received 0.16 inches. I guess most of the predicted amount got dumped on Southern California. But it was nice nevertheless, two days with overcast skies and a high yesterday of only 66F. It won't be very long before I and other locals will complain about it being too cold lol, Sig...