Five were on April 14 - Siamese Songkran and the New Years for our Tamil, Sikh, Malayalee and Bengali Indian communities - all in conjunction with the full moon.
Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim conveyed greetings to all five groups. In addition, the National Songkran Festival was held earlier (April 11 to 13) at Pengkalan Hulu, northern Perak.
The day before, there was also Christian Palm Sunday. This is celebrated with a procession in Malacca, when the faithful wave palm branches to commemorate Jesus' entry into Jerusalem.
Historically, Chinese and Indian Peranakans who married Malays (Baba Nyonyas and Chettis) used to join the procession even though they were not Christian.
And they described Palm Sunday as...