Asian Geographic - 01.01.2018

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THAILAND
Chiang Mai Flower Festival (February) • Songkran (April) •
Phuket Vegetarian Festival (October) • Surin Elephant
Roundup (November) • Loi Krathong and Yi Peng
(November) • Lopburi Monkey Banquet (November)


PHILIPPINES
Ati-Atihan Festival (January) • Moriones Festival (April) •
Holy Week (April) • Pahiyas Festival (May) • Pintados
Festival (June) • Kadayawan Festival (August) • MassKara
Festival (October)


MYANMAR
Moe Byae Festival (January) • Taungbyone Ceremony
(August) • Taunggyi Fire Balloon Festival • (October–
November) • Akha New Year Festival (December)


CAMBODIA
Khmer New Year (April) • Pchum Ben (October) •
Bon Om Touk (November)


INDONESIA
Nypei (March) • Galungan and Kuningan (May–June) •
Asmat Cultural Festival (October)


A parade of elephants wades
through the river during the
Surin Elephant Roundup,
Thailand

LAOS
Boun Bang Fai (May–June) • Boun Awk Pansa (October) •
Boun That Luang (November)
MALAYSIA
Thaipusam (January) • Gawai Dayak (May) •
Sabah: Tadau Kaamatan (May) • Thaipusam (May) •
Vesak Day (May)
SINGAPORE
Thaipusam (January) • Chinese New Year (February) •
Diwali (November)
VIETNAM
Tet Nguyen Dan (February) • Perfume Pagoda Festival
(March) • Phu Giay Festival (April)
*Eid al-Fitr (June) and Eid al-Adha (August) are also
celebrated in Muslim communities in Indonesia,
Malaysia and Singapore
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