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Home> Penang Bon Odori Festival 2017
The 21st Penang Bon Odori Festival 2017 |
The 21st Penang Bon Odori Festival was held at Queensbay Mall Outdoor car park, Penang.
This year, there were more than 30,000 visitors attended the festival. The festival highlights included D.D.M. Company (Yosakoi dance group) and Kinjo-Ryu Taisho Koto group from Japan. There were about 60 food stall, craft and games booths at the event. This year, Toyohashi City Economic Council joined in the food stall by selling Han-Pen (Japanese fish cake) to the visitors.
This year, the Penang Bon Odori Festival coincided with the 60th Anniversary of the Establishment of Malaysia-Japan Diplomatic Relations. The festival serves to further strengthen ties between Malaysia and Japan and strengthen the people-to-people relations.
The Bon Odori Festival in Penang is co-organized by Penang State Government, Consulate-General of Japan in Penang, Malaysian Japanese Society, Penang Japanese Association, Penang Japanese Language Society, Japan Graduates’ Association of Malaysia-Northern Branch, and Alumni of Overseas Technical Scholarships.
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YB Danny Law (Right 5) presenting souvenirs to the Japanese performers at the Opening Ceremony accompanied by Consul-General Mr, Itoi (RIght 4) |
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Penang Japanese School students performing at the Opening Ceremony |
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VIPs and visitors joining the Bon Odori Dance |
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Over one hundred local students from SMS Kepala Batas, Penang and SMK Sultan Abdul Halim, Kedah performing Japanese traditional dance |
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Kinjo-ryu Taisho Koto performance with Japanese traditional lion dance |
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A lively and energetic Yosakoi dance performances by DDM Company |
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The Bon Odori dance |
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Winners of Lucky Draw |
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| The grand finale with beautiful fireworks |
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