Penang (George Town), Malezya: yıl boyunca neler var

Çok kalabalık — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Festival

  Thaipusam

  20 Oca – 15 Şub · geneldeDini bayramKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

  25 Oca – 10 Mar · geneldeAy Yeni YılıKapanışlarKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Malaysian year-end break (20 Kas – 5 Oca (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Thaipusam, Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh

• Tatil

  Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

  18 Şub – 23 MarRamazan ve BayramKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Thaipusam (20 Oca – 15 Şub (genelde)), Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 Oca – 10 Mar (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh, Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya

Mart ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Chinese New Year and Chap Goh Meh (25 Oca – 10 Mar (genelde)), Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 Şub – 23 Mar)

Ara sezon — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, sıradan bir ay

• Sezon

  Sumatra squalls

  1 Nis – 15 Kas · geneldeRüzgâr sezonuRisk

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Ramadan bazaars and Hari Raya (18 Şub – 23 Mar)

Kalabalık — Malezya genelinde Mid-year break, burayı dolduran pazarların 2 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Wesak Day

  31 MayDini bayramKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sumatra squalls (1 Nis – 15 Kas (genelde))

Kalabalık — Malezya genelinde Mid-year break, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

Haziran ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sumatra squalls (1 Nis – 15 Kas (genelde)), Wesak Day (31 May)

Kalabalık — Feast of St Anne, burayı dolduran pazarların 5 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Feast of St Anne

  15–28 Tem · geneldeDini bayramKalabalıkErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  George Town Festival

  1–9 AğuSanat festivaliErken rezervasyon

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sumatra squalls (1 Nis – 15 Kas (genelde))

Kalabalık — Malezya genelinde Term-2 break, burayı dolduran pazarların 4 tanesinde okul tatili

• Risk

  Haze season

  1 Ağu – 15 Eki · geneldeDuman sezonu

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Festival

  Hungry Ghost Festival

  5 Ağu – 25 Eyl · geneldeDini bayram

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sumatra squalls (1 Nis – 15 Kas (genelde)), George Town Festival (1–9 Ağu)

Kalabalık — Malezya genelinde Term-2 break, burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili

• Festival

  Nine Emperor Gods Festival

  25 Eyl – 25 Eki · geneldeDini bayram

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sumatra squalls (1 Nis – 15 Kas (genelde)), Haze season (1 Ağu – 15 Eki (genelde)), Hungry Ghost Festival (5 Ağu – 25 Eyl (genelde))

Sakin — burayı dolduran pazarların 3 tanesinde okul tatili, hava açısından en kötü aylarından biri

• Festival

  Deepavali

  10 Eki – 20 Kas · geneldeDiwaliKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sumatra squalls (1 Nis – 15 Kas (genelde)), Haze season (1 Ağu – 15 Eki (genelde)), Nine Emperor Gods Festival (25 Eyl – 25 Eki (genelde))

Kalabalık — Malaysian year-end break

• Festival

  Penang Bridge International Marathon

  13 AraSpor etkinliğiKalabalıkKapanışlar

  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. Kaynak ↗

• Tatil

  Malaysian year-end break

  20 Kas – 5 Oca · geneldeOkul tatilleriKalabalık

  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. Kaynak ↗

Hâlâ sürüyor: Sumatra squalls (1 Nis – 15 Kas (genelde)), Deepavali (10 Eki – 20 Kas (genelde))

Çok kalabalık — Penang Bridge International Marathon, Malaysian year-end break

Aralık ayında yeni bir şey başlamıyor.

Hâlâ sürüyor: Penang Bridge International Marathon (13 Ara), Malaysian year-end break (20 Kas – 5 Oca (genelde))