Water Festival in Penang Island

Water Festival in Penang Island

Date : 13th April 2016 

 

The Water festival or Songkran is a traditional Thai festival that is also celebrated in Penang by devotees to wash away bad luck through liberally splashing water on each other. Songkran in Thai means to move or change place and it also denotes the Sun’s change of place in the zodiac system.

Date13 April 2016

VenuePenang Burmese Temple The Reclining Buddha Temple

Contact Number+6016 – 410 5115

AddressPenang Burmese Temple Lorong Burma, Pulau Tikus, 10250, Penang, Malaysia. (5.431157,100.313932)

Vaisakhi Celebration

Vaisakhi Celebration

Date : 23rd April 2016

The Sikh feast marks the harvest festival and the religious Khalsa Janam Divas. It is usually celebrated with singing and dancing in a colourful carnival-like atmosphere. The open house gives visitors a rare glimpse of insight into the beliefs, customs and practices that are sacredly practised by the Sikhs to this day.

Date23 April 2016

VenuePenang Times Square

Contact Number+6012-489 9204

AddressPenang Times Square Jalan Dato Keramat, George Town, 10150, Penang, Malaysia. (5.412311,100.325373)