Keeping the Art of Death Offerings Alive
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When people die, they take nothing with them to the afterlife. Or do they? In the Chinese Taoist and Buddhist beliefs, the deceased do.
Lubna Jumabhoy: A Global Citizen of Penang
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Born in Bombay and growing up in Karachi before moving to Malaysia (then Malaya), Lubna Jumabhoy is a teacher of the Japanese floral art ikebana, and is France’s representative in Penang.
Art As An Inclusive Force
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Penang artist Sumay Cheah blends aesthetics with community impact. With 24 installations since 2017, her immersive works have won awards like the Singapore Good Design and Taiwan’s Golden Pin Design Award.
Stamp Collecting: The King of Hobbies
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THE SAYING GOES that “one man’s trash is another man’s treasure”—that’s how it began for Ng…
Penang Institute Localises the George Town Literary Festival
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ALREADY FAMOUS FOR its street food and street art, Penang is determined to capture the word on the street too.…
Khoo Kongsi: 118 Proud Years of History
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FROM SIN KANG VILLAGE in Fujian, China, men sailed south for greener pastures. Steer left, and you would arrive in…
We Are What We Throw Away
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HOW MANY OF us like to look through rubbish? Ipoh born artist Chin Pik Wun is one who would raise…
A Maestro Comes Home
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When Soprano Loh Siew Tuan first began singing in a Methodist church choir as a child, little did she imagine that it would someday lead her to perform at London’s Wigmore Hall.
Forkbeard’s Odyssey Lands in Penang
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TRAGEDY, COMEDY, LOVE and adventure. The musical, Forkbeard, set in 11th-century Scandinavia, contains all the ingredients for an epic historical…
Anatomy of the Penang Shophouse
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MIXED DEVELOPMENTS AND integrated communities are a trend today among property developers. But long before the shiny brochures promoting these new home concepts...
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Vulnerable and Exposed: Saw Teong Hin on the Travails of Filmmaking
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WHEN SAW TEONG HIN started his filmmaking career in KL, he began at the bottom rung. But to even get a foot in, he had to leaf through the Yellow Pages from A t...