KUALA LUMPUR: A “Malay Civilisation Day” is going to be held on This summer 30 here pursuing the large participation in the Bon Odori festival.
The event prepared by Associations of Islam Defenders (Pembela) will be held on Padang Merbok right here from 9am to 5pm.
The activities that will be held throughout the event have yet to be announced while the e-poster has been distributed on Facebook.
There are plans to be able to an annual event having an exhibition, parade and performances.
This particular follows the call for individuals to avoid Bon Odori recently, which was kept after a two-year hiatus on July 16 at the Shah Alam Sports Complex.
The 46th edition of the celebration noticed an estimated 35, 000 participants from throughout Malaysia attending the particular festivity.
Pembela had expressed the disappointment in seeing Muslims celebrating the particular Bon Odori Event, an annual cultural festival originating from Japan.
In June PAS vice-president Datuk Idris Ahmad, who is the Minister in the Primary Minister’s Department in charge of religious affairs, came under the spotlight after saying that Muslims should not attend the yearly Bon Odori Festival as it had aspects of another religion in it.
PAS ongoing to call on Muslims to stay away from the particular Bon Odori Celebration due to concerns associated with “religious elements” at the Japanese cultural event even after Selangor’s Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah had ordered the particular Selangor Islamic Spiritual Department (Jais) not to forbid Muslims through attending the festival.