Festivals
Chinese New Year
Chinese new year is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. It is celebrated on the first day of the Chinese Lunar Calendar and is therefore called Lunar New Year, especially by people outside China more ...
Mid Autumn Festival
The mid autumn Lantern Festival (also called the Moon Festival, or Mooncake festival) or the lantern festival, as it is called in Singapore, is a popular celebration of abundance and togetherness more ...
Dragon Boat Festival
The dragon boat festival takes place on the 5th day of the 5th lunar month of each year (14 September 2008). The festival commemorates the life and te death of Qu Yuan - the first great poet in Chinese history more ...
Hari Raya Puasa
Also called Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Translated from Malay Hari Raya means 'A day of celebration' and puasa which roots in Sanskrit means fasting. The holiday marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan through which muslims abstain from food and drink during the day hours -from dawn to dusk more ...
Hari Raya Haji
The second most celebrated by Muslims is Hari Raya Haji, or Hari Raya Korban, or festival of the pilgrimage. It is celebrated about 2 months after Hari Raya. It marks the end of the haj pilgrimage period from where comes the name more ...
Vesak (Wesak) day
Vesak day (in Singapore and Malaysia known as Wesak)- informally Budha's birthday or Buddha day - is celebrated by Buddhists which marks three momentous events in Buddha's life - his birthday, enlightenment, and achievement of Nirvana (or passing away) more ...
Hungry Ghost Festival
Hungry Ghost Festival falls on the 7th month of the Chinese Lunar Year and is celebrated mainly in China and other countries like Singapore and Malaysia. It is the eastern counterpart of the Halloween more ...
Deepavali (Diwali)
Diwali or Deepavali is a significant holiday in Hinduism, Sikhism and Janism and is celebrated as The Festival of Light. It marks the beginning of the Indian New Year, and for the business community it is a time for settling debts more ...
Singapore fashion festival
Singapore fashion festival is an annual fashion show and one of the biggest events of this kind in Asia Pacific. The festival features stunning catwalk shows and after-show parties more ...
