Pesta Chingay, Lion & Dragon Dance Parade @ Butterworth

Date: 26th Dec 2010 (Sunday)

Time: 7.30pm to 11pm

Venue: MPSP Field, Butterworth, Jalan Bagan Luar to Jalan Raja Uda

Last Sunday, Penang island witnessed the biggest Pesta event, Penang Pesta Chingay, Lion & Dragon Dance Parade held through the streets of Penang in conjunction with the month-long Pesta Carnival in Penang!

This week, the teams from the Penang Wushu Lion Dance, Penang Chingay Association, North Malaya Chingay Association, Kedah Chingay Association, Sungai Dua Chingay Association, Lebuh Presgrave Chingay Association and more will be paraded through the street of Butterworth from Jalan Bagan Luar to Jalan Raja Uda.

This Parade is an annual street parade held in Penang. Today, the parade has evolved into a massive multi-cultural and international event.

Source & Photo Credit : Penang Tourism

Pesta Pulau Pinang, Hangzhou Acrobatic Troupe

Date: 9th to 13th December 2010
Location: Pesta, Sungai Nibong
Time: 6pm to 11.30pm
Admission: RM3 per adult and RM1 per child


This year, Pesta Pulau Pinang is proud to announce that an acrobatic troupe from Hangzhou will be performing 5 nights at Pesta site, Sungai Nibong, Penang.


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All-Star National Chingay Competition

Date: 18th Dec 2010
Venue: City Hall, Esplanade
Time: 7pm to 11pm
Entrance: FREE admission

This year, look forward to see 9 teams Chingay star contestants from Sarawak, Perak, 2 teams from Kedah, and 5 teams from Penang showing off their creativity, flexibility and superb skills with stunts in balancing the towering flag poles on their fingers, foreheads, shoulders and teeth.

The teams will be given a time duration of 8-minutes to perform for the crowd and judges. The participating teams will be judged based on their discipline, their uniform, team spirit, skill stunts and overall performance. The results were given on score cards by each judge and were then tabulated for an average result which determined the results of each team.

Source & Photo Credit : Penang Tourism