Malaysia: Festival and Unique Activities

Festivals and unique activities – best time to visit Malaysia (Borneo)

East Malaysia celebrates all the big events popularised across Malaysia, such as Chinese New Year, Thaipusam, and New Year's Day, with the bonus for visitors of offering its own unique traditional events. Kite flying, rainforest concerts and harvest festivals are all popular.

Borneo International Kite Festival: this fun festival in late September takes place in Bintulu, Sarawak, with lots of fancy kites and competitors who fly them coming from countries far and wide. The event is also accompanied by cultural shows, music and dancing.

Rainforest World Music Festival: featuring artists from Borneo and throughout the world on a three-day outdoor binge in mid-July. Stages are set within reach of Kuching, often at the Sarawak Cultural Village and the festival attracts a large number of visitors.

Tadau Kaamatan: is a highly-cultured Sabah event held in May and featuring offerings and merriment for the coming harvest. There are cultural events, agricultural shows, buffalo races, and a variety of games and great food.

Thaipusam: this Malaysia-wide event is one of the big ones of the country and involves the Hindu populace. Expect lots of colourful parading, dressing up and spikes through the skin if you’re in the area in late January/early February.

Gawai Dayak: involves the Bidayuh, Orang Ulu, and Iban communities in Sarawak with thanksgiving and feasting in early June. Those on cycle tours at this time of year can join in when we pass by these communities.

Chinese New Year: a two-week long celebration throughout Malaysia featuring the usual dragon dances and the launching of lanterns and extravagant and noisy fireworks in Kota Kinabalu and Kuching.

New Year's Day: is a public holiday in Borneo celebrated with typical boisterous parties, especially within the expat communities in the main towns. Special events often accompany the day, and include sports and exhibitions.

Be sure to check out Sarawak Cultural Village just outside Kuching, the Sarawak capital. It is a mock up of the ethnic villages that exist throughout the state and is a living museum of traditional life

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