Category: Malaysian

Kite Flying and Basant

Published March 26, 2007 in Afghani, American, Brazil, Cuban, CULTURES, CUSTOMS AND TRADITIONS, HOLIDAYS, Japanese, Korean, Malaysian, Pakistani, Parades, Spring, Thai | Comments [7]
Picture: Kites over Pakistan, posted on Pakistani Pictures, originally uploaded by Manitoon. The Basant festival, celebrated in Pakistan and parts of India, welcomes the beginning of spring. In most places it is a one-day festival, strongly associated with kite flying. In Lahore, Pakistan, capital of the agriculture-based province of Punjab, Basant is [...] Read More »

Commonwealth Day

Published March 10, 2007 in Antiguan, Australian, Bahamian, Bangladeshi, Barbadian, Belizean, Botswanian, British, Bruneian, Cameroonian, Canadian, CULTURES, Cyprian, Dominican, Gambian, Ghanaian, Grenadian, Guyanaian, Indian, Jamaican, Kenyan, Kiribati, Lesotho, Malawi, Malaysian, Maldives, Maltese, Mauritian, Mozambiquian, Namibian, Nauru, New Zealand, Nicaraguan, Nigerian, Pakistani, Papuan, Samoan, Seychelles, Sierra Leonean, Singaporean, Solomon Islands, South African, Sri Lankan, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucian, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tanzanian, Tongan, Trinidad and Tobago, Tuvaluan, Ugandan, Vanuatu, Zambian | Comments [2]
The second Monday in March is Commonwealth Day. About one quarter of the people in the world live in one of the countries in the 53-member Commonwealth of Nations, all of which, with the exception of Mozambique are former colonies of the United Kingdom. According to the Commonwealth Secretariat, “the aim of commemorating [...] Read More »

BBC to Link School Children Around the World on December 6

Published December 3, 2006 in Albanian, American, British, Burmese, Chinese, CULTURES, Indian, Indonesian, Iranian, Iraqi, Israeli, Kenyan, Macedonian, Malaysian, Mexican, Nigerian, Pakistani, Palestinian, Serbian, Tanzanian | Comments [0]
On December 6, 2006, BBC News 24 plans to link and facilitate discussions among school children across various troubled and conflicting regions around the world. The children will be entirely responsible for driving the discussion and asking questions of their counterparts. Areas to be linked include: Baghdad, Iraq - London, UK Urban - rural China Abuja, [...] Read More »