Magic of the Night 2016
I have always wanted to check out the annual event of Magic of the Night in Putrajaya but never had the chance to, until this year.
Magic of the Night, which is held concurrently with Royal FLORIA Putrajaya Flower and Garden Festival, is where a parade of flotillas (or decorated boats) featuring the best attractions and icons of each state is showcased at Putrajaya Lake.
Therefore, the 2016 edition of Magic of the Night was also held from May 27 to June 4 this year for a total of nine days. Each night from 8pm onwards, visitors were able to witness the spectacularly decorated boats. The parade wrapped up with a colourful fireworks display every night. Imagine that!
It was disappointing that Sarawak’s flotilla ran into some technical issues and could not participate in the parade, the night I was there.
Also, I failed to get a spot where one could see Putrajaya in the background, so these photos could well be shot from anywhere in the world. But I figured that it was better for me to be in the front row than to forego this particular spot to look for a better one and not find it. These are better than none.
At the end of the nine days, the best boats were chosen. I had a few favourites but as an ‘Anak Perak’, I rooted for Perak and I am glad that we won! Congratulations to all the teams behind these winning flotillas!
The Overall Best Flotilla:
1st: Perak
2nd: Terengganu
3rd: Sarawak
The Best-Lighted Flotilla:
1st: Pahang
2nd: Penang
3rd: Sabah
The Most Creative Flotilla:
1st: Perbadanan Putrajaya (PPj)
2nd: Selangor
3rd: Johor
Most Popular Flotilla:
Kelantan (with 86,000 Likes on Facebook)
So, which is your favourite flotilla?
Event: Magic of the Night 2016
Venue: Putrajaya Lake
Date: 27th May – 4th June, 2016
Time: from 8pm
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Wow, so beautiful, quite a shame I haven’t been to this event before >.<
wow ! So nice, i pernah pergi event pertunjukan macam ni especially waktu raya ! that was my childhood best sangat !
This is so amazingly spectacular. The floats are making the water glow and vice-versa
so colourful, with all the brightly lit lightings and all. Why did i miss this?!
The view was awesome , unfortunately i no time to go time and watch it live ~
Wow~ The colourful view is so wonderful. i’m pretty kids will be so happy so see this.
OMG looks so beautiful..next year shall make a trip for this with my family
This is awesome and so stunning. I wish that i go for that.
This is so nice and colourful, i must go next year.
wow! so so pretty! so sad that I have missed it because reading ur blog post late, sigh….:(