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>Hari Raya Aidilfitri<

Eid al-Fitr is the earlier of the two official holidays celebrated within Islam 

Attire :

Who celebrate: Buddhist

When celebrate:

Interesting facts:

Foods

How

Why: because it marks the end of the month-long dawn-to-sunset fasting of Ramadan.

>Hari Krimas<
Christmas is an annual festival commemorating the birth of Jesus Christ, observed primarily on
December 25 as a religious and cultural celebration among billions of people around the world.

Attire:

Who celebrate: Buddhist

When celebrate:

Interesting facts:

Foods

How

Why

>Chinese New Year<


Chinese New Year or the Lunar New Year, is the festival that celebrates the beginning of a new
year on the traditional lunisolar Chinese calendar. In Chinese culture and East Asian countries, the
festival is commonly referred to as Spring Festival as the spring season in the lunisolar calendar
traditionally starts with lichun, the first of the twenty-four solar terms which the festival celebrates
around the time of the Lunar New Year

Attire:  Qipao, but many families now wear regular, Western-style clothing like dresses, skirts,
pants, and shirts on Chinese New Year's Day. Many opt to wear lucky red underwear.
Who celebrate: Chinese people, Sinophone communities and non-Chinese people worldwide

When celebrate: begins at the new moon that falls between 21 January and 20 February. Gregorian,
Date, Animal, Day of the week.

Interesting facts:

Foods: Mooncake

How :

1)putting up decorations

2) eating reunion dinner with family on New Year's Eve

3) Offering Sacrifices to Ancestors

4) firecrackers and fireworks

5) giving red envelopes and other gifts

6) watching lion and dragon dances

Why: The festival signals the beginning of spring, and the start of a new year according to the
Chinese lunar calendar

>Wesak<
Celebrated by Buddhists to mark three momentous events in Buddha's life – his birth, enlightenment,
and his departure from the human world, the Wesak celebration in Malaysia begins at dawn when
devotees gather at Buddhist temples nationwide to meditate on the Eight Precepts. Donations –
giving food to the needy and offerings of incense and joss sticks – and prayers are carried out. The
sutras are chanted in unison by monks in saffron robes. The celebration is highlighted by a candle
procession. Wesak Day in Malaysia is a national public holiday.

Attire: White skirts, pants, shirts, and tops

Who celebrate: Buddhism

When celebrate: Celebrated on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month

Interesting facts:

Foods: Traditional foods such as Lo Han Jai (a vegetarian stew, sometimes referred to as
Buddha's delight) and Monk's soup, that is prepared with pumpkins, beans, noodles, and
sweet potato

How: Meditation, observing the eight precepts, bathing the Buddha

Why: Celebration of Buddha's birthday and, for some Buddhists, marks his enlightenment
(when he discovered life's meaning).

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