Cap Go Meh Festival In Indonesia

Cap Go Meh Festive in Kemaro Island

Fifteen days after Chinese New Year, Chinese ethnics in Indonesia celebrate Cap Go Meh. In Palembang, they celebrate it in one famous island named Kemaro (derives from the local language means roomates dry season). People will come and pray by burning incense sticks while asking for mercy and luck. Not only Lion Dance (Lion dance performed by two persons covered by lion costume) or Liong (a long dragon-like puppet manned by more than three persons) would be performed in this island, but you can see some chinese opera puppet played in oriental intstument . Hungry? Some food stalls also offer you local foods like pempek, Mi celor, tekwan.

Kemaro Island

How to get there? The easy way is by going to Sriwijaya fertilizer plant and find roomates bridge leads you to the island. Or if you want to feel the sensation of being locals who want to celebrate this event, go to some docks like Gudang Garam in Sayangan dock, waiting for a free barge (ship in local language) roomates will take you there.

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Landmark Of Malaysia "Petronas Twin Tower" Kuala Lumpur

our-ASEAN.blogspot.com - Petronas Twin Towers are twin 88-storey iconic structure located in Ampang Road, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It soared to a height of 451.9 meters structure inspired by Tun Mahathir Mohamad, 4th Prime Minister of Malaysia. Together with the vision to make Malaysia as a global player, an architect Cesar Pelli capture this international icon as big aspirations towards Malaysia. They were the tallest buildings in the world 1998-2004 but still classed as the highest twin towers to date. Petronas Twin Towers symbolize of combining between culture and progress on the world stage. It can be viewed at the touch of local art and cutting-edge innovations that reflect the pattern of weaving and Islam.

Petronas Twin Tower, Kuala Lumpur

One of the attractions at the Petronas Twin Tower is a 58.4 meter long skybridge to the floor 41 and 42. Here are the day -to-day operations and the skybridge ticket counter it : 
Visiting Day : Tuesday through Sunday (closed Monday) 

Visiting Hours : 9.00 am - 09.00 pm ( Closed from 01.00 pm - 02.30 pm on Friday) 

Ticket Counter : Open from 8.30 am - 8.30 pm "first come, first serve" (Tuesday to Sunday)

Petronas Twin Tower accessible by train, car, and taxi. To train, taking station in the Klang Valley and make your way to KLCC Station ( KJ10 ) by LRT. There are plenty of taxis and comfortable around Kuala Lumpur and always ask the driver to turn on the meter fare before you travel. Taxis can easily drop you at the main entrance of Suria KLCC. With a car, you need to go to Jalan Ampang. There are also lines that connect directly to the KLCC Parking Bays is through Ampang - Kuala Lumpur Elevated Road ( AKLEH ).

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