However, due to the “comprehensive guide” made public for this year's Thaipusam festival, many questioned its rigidity.

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However, due to the “comprehensive guide” made public for this year's Thaipusam festival, many questioned its rigidity. One of the rules was “not allowing music from boomboxes, drums and gongs”. The reason that was …

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2011 (215). ▼ November (11). Colonial Past · Batu Caves · War memorial and Petrona Towers · Yachtie kids Halloween · eating out—Asian custom · Raining–again!! Faces of Johore · The old and the new · Sail Malaysia ..

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Cop Out's Big Adventures: Batu Caves

The Batu Caves in Kuala Lumpur which form an integral part of Hindu worshipping and is also a very popular tourist attraction. …

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Thousands of devotees and visitors converged onto the Batu Caves temple complex for the annual Thaipusam festival. Not to be left behind were the politicians, including the prime minister and his wife with other cabinet ministers. The festival commemorates both the birthday of Lord Murugan, the youngest son of god Shiva and his wife Parvati, and the occasion when Parvati gave Murugan a spear (vel) for him to vanquish the demon Soorapadman.

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Scenes of Thaipusam

Sunday, February 27, 2011 …. Traders and settlers from India and China arrived as early as the 1st century of the common era, establishing trading ports and towns in the area in the 2nd and 3rd centuries CE.

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photos by Joshua Chiang and Terry Xu.

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