Qué hay en Penang (George Town), Malasia, a lo largo del año

Máxima afluencia — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Festival

  Thaipusam

  20 Ene – 15 Feb · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha genteCierres

  A silver chariot is pulled from Little India up to the Waterfall Temple over three days, with kavadi bearers, coconut smashing and a crowd well into six figures. Roads through George Town close and shops shut along the route. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

  25 Ene – 10 Mar · normalmenteAño Nuevo LunarCierresMucha gente

  Two weeks of clan-house open houses and temple queues, ending at Chap Goh Meh when unmarried women throw oranges into the sea at the Esplanade. Many kopitiams and hawker stalls close for the first three days. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Malaysian year-end break (20 Nov – 5 Ene (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Festivo

  Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

  18 Feb – 23 MarRamadán y EidCierres

  Bazaars set up on the padang and along the Jelutong road every afternoon of the fast and clear out by dusk, which is the best street eating of the Penang year. Malay stalls then close for several days at Hari Raya. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Thaipusam (20 Ene – 15 Feb (normalmente)), Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 Ene – 10 Mar (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh, Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

En marzo no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 Ene – 10 Mar (normalmente)), Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 Feb – 23 Mar)

Temporada media — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, un mes normal

• Temporada

  Sumatra squalls

  1 Abr – 15 Nov · normalmenteTemporada de vientoRiesgo

  A line of thunderstorms forms over the strait overnight and comes ashore before dawn with a hard wind ahead of it, which is what takes down trees and cancels the early ferries. It is over by breakfast. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 Feb – 23 Mar)

Concurrido — Mid-year break en Malasia, vacaciones escolares en 2 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Wesak Day

  31 MayFiesta religiosaCierres

  A public holiday when Kek Lok Si and the Burmese and Thai temples on Burma Road run dawn ceremonies and an evening float procession. Vegetarian stalls appear outside every temple for the day. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sumatra squalls (1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Mid-year break en Malasia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

En junio no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Sumatra squalls (1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Wesak Day (31 May)

Concurrido — Feast of St Anne, vacaciones escolares en 5 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Feast of St Anne

  15–28 Jul · normalmenteFiesta religiosaMucha genteReserva pronto

  A ten-day novena at the basilica in Bukit Mertajam ending on the feast day, and more than a hundred thousand pilgrims come for it from across Malaysia and the region. The crush is on the mainland side, not the island. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  George Town Festival

  1–9 AgoFestival de artesReserva pronto

  Nine days of theatre, installation and street work through the heritage zone, most of it free. It is the one time the shophouse quarter is programmed rather than just wandered, and hotels inside the zone fill. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sumatra squalls (1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente))

Concurrido — Term-2 break en Malasia, vacaciones escolares en 4 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Riesgo

  Haze season

  1 Ago – 15 Oct · normalmenteTemporada de humo

  In a dry year, smoke from land clearing across the Strait drifts over and the hill and the bridge disappear for days. It is not every year, and when it comes it is the air rather than the rain that spoils a week. Fuente ↗

• Festival

  Hungry Ghost Festival

  5 Ago – 25 Sep · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  The seventh lunar month brings street-side altars, joss paper burnt on the kerb and loud getai stages in the housing estates most nights. The front row of seats is left empty on purpose. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sumatra squalls (1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)), George Town Festival (1–9 Ago)

Concurrido — Term-2 break en Malasia, vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan

• Festival

  Nine Emperor Gods Festival

  25 Sep – 25 Oct · normalmenteFiesta religiosa

  Nine days when hundreds of stalls and coffee shops switch to vegetarian, temples run processions and the Kew Leong Tong shrine burns incense round the clock. The easiest festival here to stumble into by accident. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sumatra squalls (1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Haze season (1 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Hungry Ghost Festival (5 Ago – 25 Sep (normalmente))

Tranquilo — vacaciones escolares en 3 de los mercados que lo llenan, uno de sus peores meses por clima

• Festival

  Deepavali

  10 Oct – 20 Nov · normalmenteDiwaliCierres

  Little India is strung with lights and open houses for a fortnight, and the day itself is a public holiday when much of the island closes. Kolam patterns go down outside the shophouses on Lebuh Queen. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sumatra squalls (1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Haze season (1 Ago – 15 Oct (normalmente)), Nine Emperor Gods Festival (25 Sep – 25 Oct (normalmente))

Concurrido — Malaysian year-end break

• Festival

  Penang Bridge International Marathon

  13 DicEvento deportivoMucha genteCierres

  Tens of thousands run the first Penang Bridge overnight, starting before three in the morning. The bridge and the Batu Kawan approaches close from the Saturday evening. Fuente ↗

• Festivo

  Malaysian year-end break

  20 Nov – 5 Ene · normalmenteVacaciones escolaresMucha gente

  The long school holiday brings peninsular families and Singapore weekenders to Batu Ferringhi and the hill, and the ferry and bridge traffic goes with them. George Town's guesthouses fill last but they do fill. Fuente ↗

Sigue en marcha: Sumatra squalls (1 Abr – 15 Nov (normalmente)), Deepavali (10 Oct – 20 Nov (normalmente))

Máxima afluencia — Penang Bridge International Marathon, Malaysian year-end break

En diciembre no empieza nada nuevo.

Sigue en marcha: Penang Bridge International Marathon (13 Dic), Malaysian year-end break (20 Nov – 5 Ene (normalmente))