thousands of people in the city of Padang celebrate the light festival or called the "telong-telong festival". This festival is celebrated every night on the 6th of August before the anniversary of the city of Padang on the 7th of August.

This festival is very enthusiastic in following thousands by the people of Padang by bringing torches, lamp decorations, lanterns and decoration of a number of vehicles that throng the streets of Padang city.

Padang mayor, Mahyeldi said "the festival of lights or telong festival is celebrated because 350 years ago the people of Padang united against the invaders of the Dutch city by occupying the lodges or Dutch fortresses located in the estuary of the Padang with trickery at night with averted the view of the Dutch soldiers seeing the many lights on the street, after the guardians of the Citadel were careless a number of people immediately attacked the Dutch soldiers who guarded the Citadel with bamboo weapons "

With this heroic history, the people of Padang City determined that the city of Padang was born on the 7th of August and is celebrated annually.