When the birds come together for a conference in Singapore...

I was browsing through a book store in Singapore's Arab Quarter when I found the Conference of the Birds by 12th Century Persian poet, Farid Ud-din Attar.

Also known as the Bird Parliament, it is an allegorical Sufi tale of a journey made by 30 birds that convene from all over "with sound of whirring wings and beaks that clashed down like a torrent".

I was reminded that someone had told me about an unusual bird market held every Sunday on the edge of Singapore's Chinatown. More...

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