It is interesting to know that Malaysians are mainly lead by the religious days instead of the true calendar events.
The Hari Raya Aidilfritri and Dewali is not a new year day. These communities celebrate the days with bigger bang than the new year day to inform the followers to prepare and plan for the new year to come.
The raya songs are about new clothes and food. Nothing much for the planing of the life for a new year.
The wise leaders in the community would be able to lead the community to a better position in life.
Don't blame the Chinese community in Malaysia for prosperous because they don't follow the religious days for the big celebration. The new year day is still important and many poems and songs would remind the people to plan for the one more year to come.
Culture is important, of course, with good culture, the community would be sustainable and prosperous.
The Islamic New Year (Arabic: رأس السنة الهجرية, Raʿs as-Sanah al-Hijrīyah), also called the Hijri New Year or Arabic New Year, is the day that marks the beginning of a new lunar Hijri year, and is the day on which the year count is incremented. The first day of the Islamic year is observed by most Muslims on the first day of the month of Muharram.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_New_Year
Puthandu (Tamil: தமிழ்ப்புத்தாண்டு), also known as Puthuvarudam,Tamil New Year, is the first day of year on the Tamil calendar and traditionally celebrated as a festival.[1][6][7] The festival date is set with the solar cycle of the lunisolar Hindu calendar, as the first day of the Tamil month Chithirai. It falls on or about 14 April every year on the Gregorian calendar.[1] The same day is observed elsewhere in South and South East Asia as the traditional new year, but is known by other names such as Vishu in Kerala, and Vaisakhi or Baisakhi in central and northern India.[1]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puthandu
Diwali (English: /dɪˈwɑːliː/; Deepavali (IAST: dīpāvalī) or Divali; related to Jain Diwali, Bandi Chhor Divas, Tihar, Swanti, Sohrai and Bandna) is a festival of lights and one of the major festivals celebrated by Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, and Sikhs.[3]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diwali
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