Jeffery Kang (front right) pulling a kavadi-chariot with other Chinese devotees during the 2015 Thaipusam festival. Although sad that he is unable to fulfil his vow this year, as the government ...

GEORGE TOWN: Penang chief minister Chow Kon Yeow has called for Thaipusam devotees to reduce ... Chow and Penang governor ...

MELAKA: Unrecorded leave for Thaipusam on Jan 28 must also be extended to some civil servants from the Chinese community, says a Melaka lawmaker. Kota Laksamana assemblyman Low Chee Leong said ...

PENANG has been buzzing with energy over the last two weeks, thanks to a vibrant mix of Chinese New Year celebrations and the Thaipusam festival. Foreign visitors who observed these cultural ...

Interestingly, many Chinese devotees fervently carry kavadis and smash coconuts during the three-day long Thaipusam celebrations in Penang. Thaipusam celebration eventually spread to other parts ...

Recalling the Lims’ early Thaipusam years, Mr Kumar said with ... which consists of a Chinese sedan chair bearing the statues of Hindu deity Ganesha and other Taoist deities – that Mr Lim ...

This year, he is offering customers a difference by designing a giant Kavadi in the shape of a dragon in conjunction with Chinese New Year to be celebrated next month, about two weeks after Thaipusam, ...

referring to the Chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. But he added he was not too concerned about picking up the illness at such a "holy place". Prior to Thaipusam, devotees will typically ...

Legend has it a Chinese opera troupe fell ill in Phuket ... The piercing is believed to have been influenced by the Indian Thaipusam festival.

The annual Hindu festival of Thaipusam, traditionally celebrated with great fanfare by the minority Tamil communities of Malaysia and Singapore, returned in full form on Sunday after two years of ...

Coconut breaking is an important ritual for devotees during Thaipusam, especially when the ... Chow and Penang governor Fuzi Razak launched the Chinese New Year festivities for 88 Captains ...