Fill in the blanks with the correct words.

hometowns
religious

traditional
colonial
ethnic

multicultural
independence

celebration

fasting
National day

Malaysians celebrate many types of cultural and ________________

festivals.

___________________

is

celebrated

on

31st

August

to

mark

the

________________ of the Federation of Malaya from British ___________________ rule.

We also celebrate the 16th of September as it is the day that Sabah and
Sarawak joined the federation in 1963.

Malaysias biggest religious ___________________ is Hari Raya Puasa (also

known as Hari Raya Aidilfitri). This is a celebration to mark the end of the
________________ months for the Muslims.

Chinese New Year and Deepavali are celebrated by the Chinese and Indians
respectively. For all three ________________ celebrations, many people from the capital,
Kuala Lumpur, will go back to their ________________ to gather with their families.

The Christians celebrate Christmas which falls on 25th December. This is

marked with much joy as they feast on ________________ food like turkey and curry debal.