Destinations, Travel tips, Festivals and Public Holidays
Malaysia Holiday
Vesak Day Celebration In 2011
Aug 21st
2011 Vesak / Waisak Celebration
In Malaysia, Singapore, Indonesia, Hong Kong, Thailand, Cambodia, Taiwan, Vietnam, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and India
Vesak is an annual public holiday observed traditionally by practicing Buddhists in South Asian and South East Asian countries like Nepal, Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Malaysia, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Indonesia, Pakistan and India. Sometimes informally called “Buddha’s birthday,” it actually encompasses the birth, enlightenment Nirvana, and passing (Parinirvana) of Gautama Buddha.
Date Of Vesak Day 2011 More >
Mid-Autumn Lantern Festival 2010
Aug 9th
The Mid-Autumn Festival is held on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese lunar calendar, which usually falls around late September or early October. In 2010, the Mid-Autumn Festival falls on Wednesday, 22 September 2010. The traditional food of this festival is the mooncake, of which there are many different varieties across different countries. More >
Bulan Puasa 2010
Aug 4th
The Bulan Puasa or Ramadhan Month of 2010 is coming. Are you ready?
This year, the Ramadhan is expected to begin on or around 11 August 2010.
It will be jolly celebrated by Muslims in Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, and many other countries.
To stay informed, read about the Puasa/Fasting Month of 2010.
Malaysia Independence Day 2010
Jul 29th
Hari Merdeka (Independence Day) is a national day of Malaysia commemorating the independence of the Federation of Malaya from British colonial rule, celebrated on August 31. In a wider context, it is to celebrate the formation of Malaysia. More >
Malaysia Public Holidays 2011 Calendar
May 10th
As a neighbouring country with many similarities, Malaysia share a number of public holidays with Singapore, albeit sometimes with different date for celebrating a same holiday. Malaysia also share a number of common holidays with Indonesia, specially Islamic holidays. More >
Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary in Kuala Lumpur
Feb 9th
In Discovery magazine ever published about the poor elephants, they got torture in their life by human in a country, they got hurt even they had blind. Elephant is very soft animal even they have biggest and tough body but they have sensitive heart. They also have good memories that can cause promptly trauma for them, just like case when the baby elephant had tied in its feet then when it grew up and he was tied as the same rope he can’t go anywhere, he already got trauma from past memory just like when it baby can’t go anywhere in the same tied. Nowadays human have rights also animals, they deserve to get good life too and they are God’s creatures.
Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary in Malaysia really back to nature, teach tourist to care with God’s creatures not only became selfish with world occupied. This sanctuary invites the tourists to close with biggest animal that’s orphanage elephant. The tourist will side by side with this creature, takes rides, feed them with fruits also taking bath them to the river near this conservation and no worry about any accident that maybe suddenly happen because in this place has many professional team be on duty around the tourists.
The most beautiful thing from those activities, the tourists will get beautiful experience and full of challenging together with elephant. Well, in the research ever said about how to lost human’s stress, you could use animals. They can’t talk but human could talk everything to it and no worry about your secrets would spread. So in the Elephant Orphanage Sanctuary the tourists got great feeling so do the elephants, they must feel the same too, they become parts of enjoy tourist, tourists’ laugh maybe elephant’s smile too. For information, this Conservation located in Kuala Gandah only one and half hour’s journey from Kuala Lumpur. So enjoy getting the great feeling with Elephants.
The Wooden Palace of Seri Meranti
Feb 9th
As the usual from every country with the glory of kingdom, Malaysia that now is federation country with thirteen parts of states and three Federal Territories with the population almost twenty eight million people have beautiful tour place in it, The Wooden Palace of Seri Meranti. The Wooden Palace of Seri Meranti now becoming Museum of Royal Palace and of course it one of the most tourist destination for tour traveling in Malaysia. It was built in 1900s for residence of royal families.
This palace is located in Kuala Pilah about 13 km, Negeri Sembilan Malaysia. It was destroyed by the British in 1875 but rebuilt in 1905. This palace is good because it followed Minangkabau style of the architecture whereas the Minangkabau is ethnic group in West Sumatera Indonesia. When 15th century the Minangkabau ethnic lived in Negeri Sembilan with inherit histories behind it. This palace have unique theme, the palace building used wood materials for the whole and it used cengal also rare iron wood, just for knowledge that at the past a lot of forest around the palace, so that’s the cause why the materials was from woods in whole of building.
The other unique of this palace, the way to build the palace no single nail was used and put together entirely by wooden pegs as Minangkabau architecture. The structure of the palace incorporates 99 pillars, representing the 99 warriors who served at the palace. The palace is beautiful and near of this palace there is junction of cultural village where in this village tourists could see Minagkabau culture and traditions at their best with dances, music and handicrafts to charm visitors. Visiting to this palace could make tourist rethinking about how glory at the past fulfill with rich cultural behind it and learn to the tourist to respect history of the inherit place for the descent.
