Cultural Weekly Quiz ~ Week #2

Which of the following festival will be celebrated at the end of the fasting month, Ramadan ?

• Hari Raya Aidil Fitri

• Gawai Festival

• Wesak Day

• Christmas

Batu Caves hindu temple at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia is popularly known for this religious celebration celebrated by the hindus in Malaysia

• Deepavali

• Mid-Autumn Festival

• Pongal

• Thaipusam

Following are famous festivals celebrated in Indonesia, except

• Nyepi

• Eid-Ul-Fitr

• Ati-Atihan Festival

• Sekaten

The name of this festival is originated from the Hokkien dialect which gives the meaning of 15th and also the final night of the Chinese New Year celebrations

• Chinese New Year

• Dragon Boat Festival

• Chap Goh Mei

• Mooncake Festival

Which of the following celebrations mark the Thai New Year which is also their national holiday ?

• Surin Elephant Festival

• Visakha Bucha Day

• Songkran Festival

• Chinese New Year

The Winter Solstice Festival commonly celebrated by the Chinese, Japanese and Koreans in the month of December is also called as

• Dongzhi Festival

• Lantern Festival

• Qingming Festival

• Mooncake Festival

When does Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day every year ?

• 14 August

• 17 August

• 14 September

• 15 September

“Pahela Baishakh” is a popular occasion in Bangladesh to mark which of the following

• Independence Day of Bangladesh

• Eid-Al- Fitr

• Buddha Purnima

• Bengali New Year

Malaysia Day is celebrated on 16th September every year to commemorate the establishment of Malaysian Federation consisting of Malaya, North Borneo, Sarawak and Singapore to form Malaysia. On which year does the establishment of Malaysian Federation took place ?

• 1957

• 1963

• 1958

• 1970

Kaamatan Festival is a form of harvest festival celebrated by which ethnic group in the state of Sabah in Malaysia ?

• Iban

• Kadazan-dusun

• Malay

• Melanau