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Malaysia Festivals and Events

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Malaysia Festival Articles

2 festival article(s) returned for Malaysia

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Article Title: The Gawai Festival

Festival Name: Gawai Festival

Festival Country: Malaysia

Festival Type(s): New Year, Harvest, Religious

Gawai is an annual festival held every June in the longhouses of lowland tribes in Sarawak. It is a national event, promoted by local brews and municipalities, but in reality everyone leaves the cities empty to return home or visit friends. Gawai is a harvest festival, a New Year celebration, religious ritual and family reunion all at the same time.

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Article Title: Thaipusam - Festival of Faith

Festival Name: Thaipusam

Festival Country: Malaysia

Festival Type(s): Traditional, Bizarre, Religious

As an avid attendee of matsuri (traditional festivals) across my adopted home country of Japan, I had thought there was little to touch them in terms of color, vivacity and raw animism. Until I went to Malaysia's Thaipusam festival, that is.

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