Agenda di Pulau Pinang, Malaysia sepanjang tahun

Puncak keramaian — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Festival

  Thaipusam

  20 Jan – 15 Feb · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaanRamaiPenutupan

  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. Sumber ↗

• Libur

  Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

  25 Jan – 10 Mar · biasanyaTahun Baru ImlekPenutupanRamai

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Malaysian year-end break (20 Nov – 5 Jan (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Libur

  Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

  18 Feb – 23 MarRamadan & IdulfitriPenutupan

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Thaipusam (20 Jan – 15 Feb (biasanya)), Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 Jan – 10 Mar (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh, Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Maret.

Masih berlangsung: Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 Jan – 10 Mar (biasanya)), Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 Feb – 23 Mar)

Musim peralihan — libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, bulan biasa

• Musim

  Sumatra squalls

  1 Apr – 15 Nov · biasanyaMusim anginRisiko

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 Feb – 23 Mar)

Ramai — Mid-year break di Malaysia, libur sekolah di 2 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Festival

  Wesak Day

  31 MeiPerayaan keagamaanPenutupan

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Sumatra squalls (1 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya))

Ramai — Mid-year break di Malaysia, libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Juni.

Masih berlangsung: Sumatra squalls (1 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), Wesak Day (31 Mei)

Ramai — Feast of St Anne, libur sekolah di 5 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Festival

  Feast of St Anne

  15–28 Jul · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaanRamaiPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗

• Festival

  George Town Festival

  1–9 AguFestival seniPesan lebih awal

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Sumatra squalls (1 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya))

Ramai — Term-2 break di Malaysia, libur sekolah di 4 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Bahaya

  Haze season

  1 Agu – 15 Okt · biasanyaMusim asap

  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. Sumber ↗

• Festival

  Hungry Ghost Festival

  5 Agu – 25 Sep · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaan

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Sumatra squalls (1 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), George Town Festival (1–9 Agu)

Ramai — Term-2 break di Malaysia, libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya

• Festival

  Nine Emperor Gods Festival

  25 Sep – 25 Okt · biasanyaPerayaan keagamaan

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Sumatra squalls (1 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), Haze season (1 Agu – 15 Okt (biasanya)), Hungry Ghost Festival (5 Agu – 25 Sep (biasanya))

Sepi — libur sekolah di 3 pasar utama yang memenuhinya, salah satu bulan cuaca terburuknya

• Festival

  Deepavali

  10 Okt – 20 Nov · biasanyaDiwaliPenutupan

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Sumatra squalls (1 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), Haze season (1 Agu – 15 Okt (biasanya)), Nine Emperor Gods Festival (25 Sep – 25 Okt (biasanya))

Ramai — Malaysian year-end break

• Festival

  Penang Bridge International Marathon

  13 DesAjang olahragaRamaiPenutupan

  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. Sumber ↗

• Libur

  Malaysian year-end break

  20 Nov – 5 Jan · biasanyaLibur sekolahRamai

  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. Sumber ↗

Masih berlangsung: Sumatra squalls (1 Apr – 15 Nov (biasanya)), Deepavali (10 Okt – 20 Nov (biasanya))

Puncak keramaian — Penang Bridge International Marathon, Malaysian year-end break

Tidak ada yang baru dimulai di Desember.

Masih berlangsung: Penang Bridge International Marathon (13 Des), Malaysian year-end break (20 Nov – 5 Jan (biasanya))