In Pictures: The best of National Day Parade 2016
Sign up now: Get ST's newsletters delivered to your inbox
Follow topic:

Badang - played by theatre practitioner and band singer Rizman Putra Ahmad Ali - soars above his enemies as he flies up to split a giant boulder.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

Parade-goers queue up for a security check prior to entering the National Stadium.
ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

Parade-goers pose for a selfie before entering the stadium.
ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

Participants take part in a percussion performance outside the stadium.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

Children play at the water fountains outside the stadium.
ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

People set up picnic mats on grass patches outside the stadium, in anticipation of the fireworks display later in the evening.
ST PHOTO: MARCUS TAN

Spectators take part in the Kallang Wave before the start of the parade.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

March-in of the Colours Party.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

A total of 1,424 participants consisting of 31 contingents took part in the march-in.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

A young girl in the stadium crowd holds aloft a Singapore scarf.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong arrives at the stadium.
ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG

Ministers, including PM Lee, stand up in the VIP box to greet the arrival of President Tony Tan Keng Yam.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

President Tan waves a Singapore flag as he greets the crowd during the drive-past.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND FOO

The crowd wave their flags during President Tan's drive-past.
ST PHOTO: DESMOND WEE

The Guard of Honour execute the Feu Deu Joie, or Joy of Fire.
ST PHOTO: SEAH KWANG PENG

The first act, Badang and the Singapore Stone, gets underway.
ST PHOTO: CAROLINE CHIA

A battle scene featuring the hero Badang and participants from the Martial House, Dance Inspiration, Singapore Silat Federation and the Singapore Armed Forces.
ST PHOTO: JAMIE KOH

One of the four towering beauties in the second act, Our Four Civilisations.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

The highlight of Act 3's Dare to Dream - a glittery unicorn ridden by 7-year-old Minejima-Lee Kai gallops across the stadium.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

Performers dressed in LED costumes during Act 4, Ingenuity.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

Act 4 performers zip around on personal mobility devices.
ST PHOTO: KUA CHEE SIONG

Performers gather below the Sky City.
ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

Women perform to the song What A Wonderful World.
ST PHOTO: ALPHONSUS CHERN

The outdoor fireworks display, set off from the roof of the stadium and three barges on the Kallang Basin.
ST PHOTO: CHONG JUN LIANG

