FESTIVAL PACU JALUR

pacu jalur
At first Pacu Jalur was held in the villages along the Kuantan River to commemorate the great days of Islam, such as the Mawlid of the Prophet Muhammad, Eid al-Fitr, or the New Year a Muharam. When the Dutch began to enter the area of Riau (ca. 1905), precisely in the area that is now the Taluk Kuantan, they use pacu jalur in celebration of Queen Wilhelmina's birthday which falls on every 31 Agustus.Pacu Jalur  is usually done in the Tepian Narosa Kuantan Singingi 
PACU JALUR SALAH SATU ANDALAN WISATA RIAU.