På gång i Penang (George Town), Malaysia under året

Mest folk — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Festival

  Thaipusam

  20 jan – 15 feb · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

  25 jan – 10 mar · vanligtvisKinesiskt nyårStängningarTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Malaysian year-end break (20 nov – 5 jan (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Helg

  Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

  18 feb – 23 marRamadan & eidStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Thaipusam (20 jan – 15 feb (vanligtvis)), Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 jan – 10 mar (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh, Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

Inget nytt börjar i mars.

Pågår fortfarande: Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 jan – 10 mar (vanligtvis)), Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 feb – 23 mar)

Mellansäsong — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en helt vanlig månad

• Säsong

  Sumatra squalls

  1 apr – 15 nov · vanligtvisVindsäsongRisk

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 feb – 23 mar)

Mycket folk — Mid-year break i Malaysia, skollov i 2 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Wesak Day

  31 majReligiös högtidStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sumatra squalls (1 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Mid-year break i Malaysia, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

Inget nytt börjar i juni.

Pågår fortfarande: Sumatra squalls (1 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Wesak Day (31 maj)

Mycket folk — Feast of St Anne, skollov i 5 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Feast of St Anne

  15–28 jul · vanligtvisReligiös högtidTrångtBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  George Town Festival

  1–9 augKulturfestivalBoka tidigt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sumatra squalls (1 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Term-2 break i Malaysia, skollov i 4 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Risk

  Haze season

  1 aug – 15 okt · vanligtvisRöksäsong

  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. Källa ↗

• Festival

  Hungry Ghost Festival

  5 aug – 25 sep · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sumatra squalls (1 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), George Town Festival (1–9 aug)

Mycket folk — Term-2 break i Malaysia, skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen

• Festival

  Nine Emperor Gods Festival

  25 sep – 25 okt · vanligtvisReligiös högtid

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sumatra squalls (1 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Haze season (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Hungry Ghost Festival (5 aug – 25 sep (vanligtvis))

Lugnt — skollov i 3 av marknaderna som fyller platsen, en av dess sämsta vädermånader

• Festival

  Deepavali

  10 okt – 20 nov · vanligtvisDiwaliStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sumatra squalls (1 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Haze season (1 aug – 15 okt (vanligtvis)), Nine Emperor Gods Festival (25 sep – 25 okt (vanligtvis))

Mycket folk — Malaysian year-end break

• Festival

  Penang Bridge International Marathon

  13 decSportevenemangTrångtStängningar

  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. Källa ↗

• Helg

  Malaysian year-end break

  20 nov – 5 jan · vanligtvisSkollovTrångt

  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. Källa ↗

Pågår fortfarande: Sumatra squalls (1 apr – 15 nov (vanligtvis)), Deepavali (10 okt – 20 nov (vanligtvis))

Mest folk — Penang Bridge International Marathon, Malaysian year-end break

Inget nytt börjar i december.

Pågår fortfarande: Penang Bridge International Marathon (13 dec), Malaysian year-end break (20 nov – 5 jan (vanligtvis))