Hari Raya Puasa is more known to the world as Eid al-Fitr, the “Feast of Breaking of the Fast.” It is one of the two Eid holidays that the Muslims worldwide celebrate every year. Hari Raya Puasa, or Hari Raya Aidilfitri is how the holiday is referred to by the …
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After writing about the top festivals in Thailand, it was only right to discuss the top festivals in Singapore! It was so hard to choose between the many due to the fact that each one is extremely different from the rest. From Taoist to Muslim to Hindu beliefs, the festivals …
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The Mid Autumn Festival, also known as Mooncake or Lantern festival, is a traditional Chinese harvest holiday. Since it’s a Chinese event, it is celebrated in several countries and even marked as a public holiday in Taiwan. The actual holiday lands of the 15th day of the eighth lunar month, …
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The most traditional, important, and longest of all Chinese holidays, the Chinese New Year is celebrated in all countries with a significant population of Chinese. With that being said, some amazing New Year celebrations are found outside of China from New York to Sydney. In fact, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Hong …
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This October from the 15th to the 23rd, you can witness one of the most bizarre festivals in all of Thai events. The Vegetarian Festival is an annual festival lasting nine days during the ninth lunar month of the Chinese calendar. One can only guess that it involves the abstinence …
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Commonly called ‘Buddha’s Birthday’, Vesak is actually the celebration of the birth, enlightenment and death of Buddha and, unlike the birth and death of Christ, is celebrated as one occasion. Buddhism is one of Southeast Asia’s major religions, second to Islam which is predominant in Indonesia, Brunei and Malaysia. As …
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The Tamil Thanksgiving of good harvests, Pongal, originated in South India, but today expands to several countries where Tamils have migrated. In Singapore, for example, it is one of the largest Hindu festivals celebrated considering the large population of Tamils. The Pongal Festival begins on the 10th Tamil month, known …
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No one in the world knows a good water fight, like the Thai do. The Songkran Festival is the traditional Thai New Year, involving water, lots of it. The word Songkran, derived from the Sanskrit language, means to pass or move into. This passing refers to the sun, moon, and …
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