…… In the infectious company of dancing and singing “kavadi” bearers, family members, devotees, tourists. Mass breaking of coconuts is customary along the entire route before the flower-bedecked chariots – something which both Indian and Chinese believers do, some breaking as many as 5,001 coconuts before Lord Muruga! The coconut is a symbol of the human ego. The 3-day Thaipusam festival attracts thousands of devotees from Malaysia and tourists from abroad. The months of January-February are for Chinese New Year and Thaipusam celebrations, both huge festivals on the tourism calendar of happy multi-cultural Malaysia, put this down in your travel bucket list and go next year in 2024!