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Singapore Street Scene ~ Circa 1880.png
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Singapore Street View ~ Circa 1880

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Funerals in Chinese folk religion are serious ceremonies. Pictured here is the funeral procession, where a palanquin carries the deceased from the funeral home to the burial site or crematorium. Attendants and mourners walk ahead and behind, burning incense and offering food or hell money for the soul of the departed.

The photograph is originally by Lambert & Co. Gustav Lambert, and published in Singapore around the year 1890.

G.R. Lambert & Co. opened for business in 1867 in Singapore with a shop located at 1 High Street. Responsible for the most comprehensive photographic documentation of the topography and peoples of Southeast Asia, nothing more was heard or known about the firm nor the photographer, G.R. Lambert, until 10 years later.

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