Fiesta Malaysia Open House

By byte
October 24th, 2006 @ 1:14 AM Entertainment, Events, Living in Melbourne

First off, let me wish readers of this blog a belated Happy Diwali. That happened on Saturday, and a lot of Melbourne’s Hindu’s would have reveled in celebrations, since it is the festival of lights. Next, let me wish our Muslim readers a Happy Aidilfitri. They now officially have stopped fasting for the month, and will celebrate eating again.

Now that all of us bloggers seemed to miss this years Festival Indonesia, let’s try not to miss this years Fiesta Malaysia. Held at our City Square (with the big Christmas tree in the middle - its up!), from 11am - 4pm, on October 28 2006.

Looking at the program, it seems like there’ll be interesting food, some music and dancing, an exhibition of making teh tarik (pulling tea, you must see this if you’ve not), and a whole bunch of other things that I myself cannot seem to decode.

There, a whole weekend planned. An open house, and art gallery visiting. Weather all weekend is expected to be warm and sunny. A BBQ at Docklands, maybe?

8 Comments so far

  1. Neil (unregistered) on October 24th, 2006 @ 10:53 am

    Looks great, Im getting hungry already.

  2. adrock2xander (unregistered) on October 24th, 2006 @ 11:54 pm

    I’ve always wondered, what the hell is Diwali!!?!?!?

    I’ve spent 25 years in Singapore where all the four major races’ festivals are observed and i’ve never once heard of Diwali. Is this another Australian bastardisation of all things Asian, this time Deepavali?????

  3. Zainuddin Zafar (unregistered) on October 25th, 2006 @ 12:31 am

    Its Eid-ul-Fitr. not Aidiulfitri

  4. Colin (unregistered) on October 25th, 2006 @ 11:08 am

    @adrock: no, its not a bastardisation. Diwali and Deepavali are interchangable. Deepavali is the Sanskrit word, used commonly in the South (hence why you hear it in Singapore, Malaysia, etc. as most came in from South India) while Diwali is what its popularly known as in the North.

    Ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali

    @zainuddin zafar: I spelt it “Aidilfitri”. And I’m correct.

  5. Zainuddin Zafar (unregistered) on October 27th, 2006 @ 7:46 am

    dude, i’m a muslim. i celebrate it. and here’s the proof:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr

  6. Neil (unregistered) on October 27th, 2006 @ 11:19 am

    Well, I will outwiki both of you and say this:

    Hari Raya Aidilfitri (also Hari Raya Puasa, literally “Fasting Day of Celebration”) is the Malay term for the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hari_Raya_Aidilfitri

  7. Akmal Suyat (unregistered) on October 30th, 2006 @ 5:27 pm

    OMG! Arguing about spelling and how it should be pronounced? Get a life, dude!

  8. Neil (unregistered) on October 30th, 2006 @ 11:48 pm

    How was it by the way?


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