SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES CENTRAL BAND AT SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL TATTOO 2013

SINGAPORE ARMED FORCES CENTRAL BAND AT SWEDEN INTERNATIONAL TATTOO 2013 IN MALMO ARENA

[@oneaboveall1751]

Amazing at how such a small-sized republic could do to impress the bigger nations... Never underestimate sizes... Majulah!

[@elseraga6446]

Impressing the crowd once again. Well done SAF Central Band!

[@karlsonyap699]

Proud to see our SG military band performing.

[@EmeraldQueue]

Love the performance! Pity the lighting was not better coordinated. Many performers were in darkness!

[@teoyc]

Like the way dizi and souna is incorporated into the military band repertoire!

[@epicmoustache4798]

it became from military tatto performance to a culture festival to choir and then back to band stuff x]

[@supablue]

i must go to a military tattoo to support the SAF band myself!!!

[@simonsimon2888]

"BERCERAI KASIH TALAK TIADA!" GURINDAM JIWA.

[@lagrandebandadelcilento447]

@wmT8 Musical band Italy

[@DaveKohPhotography]

WHy dont they do this for NDP?

[@supablue]

+dkdave hui now you know they specially had a performance for NDP 2015! SG50!

[@fattboyyy1302]

supablue well and 2016 lol

[@jaslynkoh7364]

I thought this is china band.

[@jackielee4599]

You are crazy they play Singapore songs, China got Malays and Indians?

[@LowCrimeDoesntMeanNoCrime]

Ahhahaha fail siol

[@graceair3118]

The SAF band played Indian, Malay, Chinese, and Swedish songs. But seriously the Chinese song portion with the fans was the most enthralling!

[@francis091282]

why make state band made appearance in a tattoo event? it appears as if SAF band encourages tattoo

[@WhatWouldYouHaveYourArbiterDo]

I know I'm nine months late but I think I understand your confusion. This event has nothing to do with tattoos in the sense of markings on the skin, which is what I assume you disagree with the state endorsing. A tattoo in this context is the British English usage: "an entertainment consisting of music, marching, and the performance of displays and exercises by military personnel." This footage is taken from the Sweden International Tattoo, an event at which many other military bands and display teams from across the world also performed. Famous examples of tattoos include the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo and the Basel Tattoo in Switzerland. To go into more detail, if you were interested enough which I doubt, according to Wikipedia: "The term '"tattoo" derives from a 17th-century Dutch phrase doe den tap toe ("turn off the tap") a signal to tavern owners each night, played by a regiment's Corps of Drums, to turn off the taps of their ale kegs so that the soldiers would retire to their billeted lodgings at a reasonable hour.[1] With the establishment of modern barracks and full military bands later in the 18th century, the term "tattoo" was used to describe the last duty call of the day, as well as a ceremonial form of evening entertainment performed by military musicians." This is separate from the origin of the more common word "tattoo", which is actually an anglicised version of the Samoan word "tatau".

[@lowlow3644]

Bodoh. Lol

[@figureofspeech4581]

Bodoh babi

[@jackielee4599]

Is military Tattoo ( concert)

[@graceair3118]

My first encounter with a military tattoo was at Edinburgh Castle. It was such an impressive and memorable event that I’ve been hooked on watching other military tattoo performances ever since!

[@movemelody1]

The orchestra is very good, but I don't like this female performance.