Decorations at Tanglin Mall
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Decorations at Tanglin Mall
Category: Festivals
All Malaysia.info: Festivals and Celebrations: Thaipusam : … Several hundred devotees spear their cheeks with long, shiny steel rods – often a metre long – and pierce their chests and backs with small, hook-like needles in penance….
…it is believed that any devotee carrying a kavadi in fulfilment of vows will have their wishes granted…
sttemple.com: Thaipusam 2005 (will be held on Tuesday, 25th January 2005)
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Update: See Handling of forward and backward slash in URL. In the sttemple URL, backslash has been used instead of slash (forward) and this usage is rendered by IE but not by Firefox. Have written to sttemple.com to fix the issue. In the meantime… it is quite easy to find out the correct link to the images… Link to the image folder removed upon request…
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Selamat Hari Raya Haji
allmalaysia.info: Selamat : Many Malaysian goodwill greetings begin with the Malay word “Selamat” which usually takes on the meaning of “wishing you a safe…”, and corresponds to the English word “good” as used in “Good Morning” or “Good Day”.
Apart from Hari Raya Puasa or Aidilfitri, the festival celebrated by Muslims all over the world on a grand scale is Hari Raya Haji or Hari Raya Aidil Ahda, which means the festival of pilgrimage. Hari Raya Haji is celebrated about 2 months after Aidilfitri and this time it falls on January 21, 2005.
Hari Raya Haji marks the end of the Haj pilgrimage period (about 2 weeks) to Mecca and is celebrated by all Muslims to honour the pilgrims who have completed their Haj to mecca. It is also a day when Muslims reaffirm their faith in God, giving thanks for the many blessings that He has bequeathed to them.