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		<title>Kuala Lumpur Festivals &#8211; Biggest, Traditional Celebrations!</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Kuala Lumpur is a multi-racial city. The healthy racial mix provides pleasant excuses to celebrate a wide range of festivals all year round! The biggest celebrations are the Hari Raya (Muslims), Chinese New Year (Buddhist) and Deepavali (Hindus) with other small, traditional occasions in between. While Chinese New Year and Deepavali months of celebration are rather the same each year, the Hari Raya is sort of a &#8220;floating&#8221; celebration. This is because Hari Raya marks the end of Ramadhan (the fasting month) which is based on Islamic lunar years, which normally do not coincide with the Roman calendar. Sometimes this &#8220;floating&#8221; celebration happens together (or a few days apart) with either Chinese New Year or Deepavali. This give rise to joint celebrations known as Kongsi Raya (Chinese New Year &#38; Hari Raya), and Deepa Raya (Deepavali &#38; Hari Raya). Hari Raya Aidilfitri Muslims around the world celebrate Hari Raya Aidilfitri (also known as Idul Fitri or Idil Fitri in other countries). Aidilfitri literally translates to Celebration Day, after a month of holy fasting, which is referred to as Ramadhan month. Chinese New Year The Chinese New Year festival begins on the first day of the Chinese Lunar calendar, and lasts [...]]]></description>
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