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🇲🇾 Festivals in Malaysia

42 festivals celebrated in Malaysia, across 8 cities and towns.

Cities and towns

Kuala Lumpur 3 George Town 1 Ipoh 1 Johor Bahru 1 Kuching 1 Penampang 1 Penang 1 Sepang 1

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February 2027 1

Cultural 21Feb Lantern Festival🇨🇳 China and 8 more countries

April 2027 1

Cultural 4Apr Qingming Festival🇨🇳 China and 11 more countries

June 2027 2

Cultural 9Jun Dragon Boat Festival🇨🇳 China and 6 more countries

Cultural 21Jun International Day of Yoga🇨🇳 China and 6 more countries

Usually in January, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Janvaries Chingay Parade🇮🇩 Singapore, Indonesia and 2 more countries

Shared with much of the world

Celebrated in Malaysia and in many other countries.

October 2026 1

Cultural 31Oct Halloween🇦🇺 Australia and 22 more countriesIn 4 weeks

February 2027 2

Cultural 7Feb Chinese New Year🇨🇳 China and 30 more countries

Cultural 14Feb Valentine's Day🇧🇩 Bangladesh and 30 more countries

Usually in June, date not yet confirmed 1

Cultural Junvaries Father's Day🇩🇿 Algeria and 45 more countries

Photo credits on this page

The small pictures above come from Wikimedia Commons under free licences. Some are cropped to fit.

International Day of Yoga: Tobias Spitaler, CC BY 3.0, source
Lantern Festival: -Zest, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Valentine's Day: Woodlot, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Halloween: Toby Ord, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
Father's Day: Jjsarto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Chinese New Year: Myrabella, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Chingay Parade: HundenvonPenang, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Dragon Boat Festival: After Wen Jia, Public domain, source
Qingming Festival: Jacklee ., CC BY-SA 3.0, source

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