celebrating the 1st malaysia fest in georgia, september 6th, 2008 at the duluth festival center 

Atlanta, Georgia, USA – The Malaysian Association of Georgia (MAG) announces its first Malaysia Fest, celebrating Malaysian culture and Atlanta’s diversity in the Asian community. The organizers hopes this free event open to the public will bring people of all ages and background to experience a festival of family fun, food, shopping, and adventure of the senses. 

The Saturday event is from 11 am to 5pm, and held at the Duluth Festival Center in downtown Duluth, GA. The Duluth Festival Center is a beautiful, spacious outdoor facility with free ample parking provides a great location for the festival. Organizers are predicting about 400-500 people to visit the event. 

The festival will be showcasing Malaysian and other Asian cuisines from restaurants around the Atlanta metro area, and an Asian Market for a unique shopping experience. The Malaysian Association of Georgia’s dance troupe will be unveiling some new performances to provide an insight to the Malaysian culture that is diverse in itself. Silat Seni Gayong a Malay art of self-defense, a fighting art, and the art of stopping wars will also be featured amongst other performances. This event is also a celebration of Malaysia’s independence day, which falls on August 31st. 

Major sponsors of the festival include Century Security Bank, ACT Investment and UPS.  MAG’s website is: www.malaysia-ga.org.