Pangkor Island Festival celebrates arts, culture, boat-building

The Pangkor Fish Dance features fish flags handcrafted by Pangkorians, performed to an upbeat tempo to showcase the vitality and liveliness of fish swimming in the ocean. -- Pangkor Island Festival

Pangkor island in Perak will be welcoming the Mid-Autumn Festival this year in style – combining tradition, culture and heritage – at the upcoming 5th Pangkor Island Festival. This biennial festival, organised by Oriental Art And Cultural Center, runs from Sept 13-15.

On the first day of the Pangkor Island Festival, which coincides with the Mid-Autumn Festival, there will be a big steamboat feast by the seaside deck overlooking the Straits of Malacca.