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Pages in category "October 2010 events in Malaysia" The following 2 pages are in this category, out of 2 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. 0–9.
14 March – Malaysia's World no.1 badminton player, Lee Chong Wei won the All England men's title. 24 March – Telekom Malaysia launches UniFi, a fibre optic service. [1] 25 March – A Royal Malaysian Air Force (RMAF) pilot was killed when his Pilatus PC-7 MK2 aircraft crashed in Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) in Sintok, Kedah.
Malaysia Day, held on 16 September to commemorate the formation of Malaysia, became a nationwide holiday in 2010. Before that it was celebrated only in Sabah , Sarawak and Labuan . New Year's Day is also observed as a public holiday in all Malaysian states, except for Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Perlis, and Terengganu.
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DeepaRaya is a name for the Deepavali and Hari Raya festivals, which are traditionally celebrated by Hindus and Muslims, respectively, in Malaysia as well as in Singapore.The word came about because of the occasional coincidental timing of the Hindu festival Deepavali and the Muslim festival of Eid ul-Fitr, referred to in the Malay language as Hari Raya Aidilfitri.
The Malay variant worn in Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Southern Thailand and parts of Indonesia (especially Sumatera and Kalimantan) is known as the Baju Melayu, shirt worn with a sarong known as kain samping or songket and a headwear known as songkok. Traditional female dress is known as kebaya kurung.
A vast majority of modern ethnic Malays are the adherents of Sunni Islam [128] and the most important Malay festivals are those of Islamic origin — Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Hari Raya Aidiladha, Awal Muharram, and Maulidur Rasul. It is considered apostasy for Malays to convert out of Islam in Malaysia and Brunei. However, there are a number of ...
Ops Selamat (Operation Safe) (formerly Ops Sikap (Operation Attitude) and Ops Statik) is a traffic safety operation carried out by the Royal Malaysian Police to ensure safety on all roads in Malaysia during festive seasons such as Hari Raya Aidilfitri, Deepavali, Christmas Day and Chinese New Year.