FIESTA SAN PEDRO 2018
MALACCA 'THE HISTORIC STATE'
23 JUNE -29 JUNE 2018
Fiesta San Pedro is a week long celebration filled with colour, pomp, gaiety and fun for the Portuguese Eurasian community of Malacca to commemorate the feast of St. Peter which is observed on June 29.
Visitors and foreign tourists come to Malacca to join-in the 3,000-odd residents in songs, dances, fun fairs, game stalls, the decorated boat festival and the solemn procession of the statue of St. Peter. The annual fiesta, from June 24 to 29, held since the settlement’s founding in the l930s, is the only carnival celebrated by the local Portuguese-Eurasian community
The fiesta observes the feast of St. Peter the patron saint of fishermen. Its special position in the community dates back to the days when fishing was the main livelihood of the settlement’s residents and those living at Praya Lane and Kampong Bandar Hilir.
HIGHLIGHT OF THE FIESTA
⇛The blessing of the decorated boats, where candles were lighted
⇛Portuguese cultural shows and folk songs
⇛The religious facets
⇛Food and fun fairs
