Bidadari is a defunct cemetery in Singapore and most of the graves have been exhumed for redevelopment.
Today, it remains a very popular running and hiking route for the residents and Gurkhas from the nearby Gurkha camp.
The area is spacious, sprawling and lush with greenery. It is vibrant by day, filled with curious bushes and magnificent trees.
By the witching hour, the area takes on a more chilling and otherworldly vibe, where creatures seem lurk quietly in the foliage of the quaint groves.
With that in mind, it seems apt that the word ‘bidadari’ means ‘fairy’ in Sanskrit, which means a nymph of India's heaven.
The bidadari are depicted as kindly fairies and genies that preside over the union of flowers.
I find this especially cognizant with my perception of this seemingly magical place.
As a whole, we feel that it is an immense waste to redevelop the area.
In place of these massive, ancient trees and invigorating expanse of life, we will have enforced edifices of unfeeling glass and steel.
In place of these marvels of nature, organic and unfettered, we will be faced with rigorous lines and structured grays.
The area will not only be overpopulated and overcrowded, the residents will also lose a place where they have come to call their own.
Before this travesty occurs, we wish to document the beauty of Woodleigh/Bidadari.
So please share your pictures of this wondrous place in this consolidated Woodleigh outing thread!
All formats welcomed, 135mm, 120mm, 4x5, 8x10 and even moving 8mm images!
Today, it remains a very popular running and hiking route for the residents and Gurkhas from the nearby Gurkha camp.
The area is spacious, sprawling and lush with greenery. It is vibrant by day, filled with curious bushes and magnificent trees.
By the witching hour, the area takes on a more chilling and otherworldly vibe, where creatures seem lurk quietly in the foliage of the quaint groves.
With that in mind, it seems apt that the word ‘bidadari’ means ‘fairy’ in Sanskrit, which means a nymph of India's heaven.
The bidadari are depicted as kindly fairies and genies that preside over the union of flowers.
I find this especially cognizant with my perception of this seemingly magical place.
As a whole, we feel that it is an immense waste to redevelop the area.
In place of these massive, ancient trees and invigorating expanse of life, we will have enforced edifices of unfeeling glass and steel.
In place of these marvels of nature, organic and unfettered, we will be faced with rigorous lines and structured grays.
The area will not only be overpopulated and overcrowded, the residents will also lose a place where they have come to call their own.
Before this travesty occurs, we wish to document the beauty of Woodleigh/Bidadari.
So please share your pictures of this wondrous place in this consolidated Woodleigh outing thread!
All formats welcomed, 135mm, 120mm, 4x5, 8x10 and even moving 8mm images!
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