Hari Raya Aidilfitri is one of Malaysia’s biggest celebration, celebrated by Muslims as a reward for successfully fasting for one month during Ramadhan. On Hari Raya day (which is this coming tuesday 24th October 06), families would put on colorful traditional Malay clothes and visit homes of relatives and friends. However, there’s a unique chronology […]

Deepavali is celebrated universally by Hindus and is observed as a public holiday in Malaysia. This festival falls between the month of October and November, the fourteenth day of the Tamil month of Aipasi. It is also known to many as the Festival of Lights. For this year, it will be celebrated next week on […]

Malaysia being a multi-racial country with mainly Malay, Chinese and Indian - each race has their own celebration. For example, Deepavali and Hari Raya Puasa is just around the corner (in about 2 weeks) for Indians and Malaysia.

Celebrations in Malaysia is common to have open houses, where friends and family are free to come in […]

* It is not common for Malaysians to touch during conversations, especially if the other party is a member of the opposite sex.
* Malaysians consider it rude to pat or tap someone on the head.
* If one needs to point in a particular direction, it would be more polite to gesture with your thumb instead […]