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- A Festival to Remember: Lunar New Year in Malaysia
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Article written by: Kyle Jin Soon TAN ASEAN-Korea blog correspondent, Malaysia Chinese New Year or better known as Lunar New Year is widely celebrated in Malaysia. During the days approaching Chinese New Year, there will be an exodus of cars from all over the country to my hometown. This is becau...
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- Loy Krathong: Celebrating a Lunar Festival in Thailand
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Article written by: Yananronop “OZ” Promsuk ASEAN-Korea blog correspondent, Thailand Lunar festival is commonly occurring in the eastern countries. It is normally involving with the old fashion calendar that has been continue using from then until now, along with the western style of ...
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- Thingyan: Myanmar New Year Festival
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Article by Myat Kyi La Thein (Myanmar) Blog Correspondent of ASEAN-Korea Centre The word, Thingyan, is derived from the Pali, sankanta, which means “transit” , that is transition from old to new year. It is the New Year festival and usually falls around mid-April (Burmese month of Tagu). It is ce...
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- Cambodia Water Festival
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Article by Heang Vanny (Cambodia) Blog Correspondent of ASEAN-Korea Centre Water festival, Bon Om Tuk in Khmer, is one of the biggest festival and national holiday in Cambodia. As the mater of fact, it is also being held in several neighboring countries as well including Thailand and Myanmar. In ...
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- Cambodian Pchum Ben Festival
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Article by Heang Vanny (Cambodia) Blog Correspondent of ASEAN-Korea Centre Cambodia is a country that has quite many public festivals. As the matter of fact, Cambodia has more than 20 days of public holiday annually. Among those, the most important ones are Khmer New Year, Pchum Ben Festival, and...
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- The Color of Thanksgiving: Kadayawan Festival In Davao
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By Sherwin A. Funa (Philippines) Weblog Correspondent of ASEAN-Korea Centre Most travelers, photographers, and festival enthusiasts in the Philippines flock to the largest city in Mindanao every August. During this month one of the Philippines’ most visited festivals is being celebrated. Davao Ci...
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- Thadingyut Lighting Festival
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Article by Myat Kyi La Thein (Myanmar) Blog Correspondent of ASEAN-Korea Centre Thadingyut lighting festival celebrates as a remembrance to the Buddha’s return from heaven after 3 months preaching the Damasakyar (bible), on the full moon day of the month, Thadingyut. Every house and street in Mya...
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- Eid Ul Fitr: Visiting Hometown for Holidays
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Article by Veronika Kusuma Wijayanti (Indonesia) Blog Correspondent of ASEAN-Korea Centre Jakartans head to their hometown to celebrate Eid Ul-Fitr with their families. Not just as ritual, Eid Ul Fitr has always been felt like habit when millions of Jakartans go back to hometown for holidays. No ...
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