Chinese Cultural and Heritage Celebration : Lebuh Ah Quee @ The Old Penang
Lebuh Ah Quee The street is transformed and relived the old Penang lifestyle in the 19th Century by a group of young artists. Photo gallery:
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Splashing good time
By ANDREA FILMER and SITI HASLINA MAT DAUD north@thestar.com.my Photos by GARY CHEN and LIM BENG TATT AT the Songkran Festival, no attendee is spared. Just walking near the vicinity of Burma Lane in Penang during this annual Water Festival will guarantee you a drenching of some sort. Thousands gathered on this street, where the [...]
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Chinese Cultural and Heritage Celebration : Poh Hock Seah @ The Emolument & Career
Events in Poh Hock Seah Exhibit old trades and skill performance like wooden tablet carving, clog making, handmade nyonya shoe, fortune telling, candy floss, face moulting, etc. Photo gallery:
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Penang Cultural Event :: Chinese New Year Cultural & Heritage Celebration (檳城街頭文化廟會)
This rabbit year’s celebration is 12th event since 1994. This annual event is a crowd puller with estimated over 100,000 visitors patronizing the celebration by the organizer. The nature of the event is called “gathering in the temple” in Chinese, a traditional fun fair held in China during the Chinese New Year in the mainland [...]
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Penang Cultural Event :: Thaipusam
DAY 1: Procession from Kovil Veedu to Nattukotai Chettiar Temple in Jalan Kebun Bunga Hundreds of thousands of old coconuts were broken as a form of thanksgiving by Hindu devotees and foreign tourists as the Chariot of Lord Murugan in the streets of Penang, today in conjunction of the annual celebration of Thaipusam. The procession of [...]
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Penang Cultural Event :: The birthday of heavenly God celebration at Chew Clan Jetty
Address: Chew Clan Jetty, 10300 George Town, Penang. The celebration of the birthday of heavenly God or Jade Emperor (天公诞;Thni Kong) on 9th day of Chinese lunar calendar at Chew Clan Jetty is the biggest one in Malaysia. The 9th day used to be celebrated and observed by Malaysian Hokkian clan only, but the cultural [...]
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