Feature - Penang Monthly (Page 105)

Halal Duck Rice: A Dish to Bridge Cultures

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THERE IS SOMETHING to be said about cooking with open fire. Imagine hot embers burning meat of different sorts, cooked slow and low in its own juices or seared...

by Izmil Amri

Friendship and Food: Nurturing Communities through Culinary Spaces

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SNUGGED WITHIN THE eateries and businesses that line Beach Street, an unassuming Taiwanese tea house provides an interlude from the chaos of Penang’s undecided...

by Liani MK

Bringing the Arts into Neighbourhoods

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Photos courtesy of Muzium & Galeri Tuanku Fauziah, Universiti Sains MalaysiaARTS IN THE Park is a community-engagement initiative centred around the Karpal...

by Nicole Chang

Beyond GE15: Political Education and Malaysia’s Democratic Future

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THE AFTERMATH OF the 15th General Election (GE15) saw former-sworn enemies shaking hands and talking of forming unity governments. This left the overwhelming ma...

by Fauwaz Abdul Aziz

The Raja Uda Learning Centre Brings Hope to the Refugee Community

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IT ALL BEGAN with the hopes of a few to provide affordable education to the refugee children of Raja Uda. The Raja Uda refugee community, mainly consisting of t...

by Ahkyin Nar Yint Yint Tun

Imagining and Injecting Malaysiana Into Fantasy Fiction

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PART OF THE reason many of us desire to visit western countries is because they have been represented to us as magical, wonderful places in literature. The way...

by Anna Tan

Nature Offers Solutions to Man’s Excesses

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Nature-based solutions are defined as actions to protect, sustainably manage and restore natural or modified ecosystems, simultaneously providing human wellbeing and biodiversity benefits. In a nutshell, the power of nature itself is harnessed to protect nature.

by Dr. Chee Su Yin & Rhowan Ho

Learning the Intricacies of Chinese Tea Ceremonies

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STRETCHING AS FAR back as the Tang dynasty in China, tea-drinking is both a pleasurable and communal custom. In Chinese weddings especially, tea-drinking assume...

by Sherra Yeong

A Crash Course in Hosting Your Own Podcast

6 min read

I’D LIKE TO begin this article by saying I’m no expert on podcasts. I trained as a journalist and decided over the last three years to venture into podcasting –...

by Yeoh Siew Hoon

Remembering Penang’s Municipal Band

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DID YOU KNOW that in the late 1800s, Penang had its very own municipal band? The exact year of its formation remains unclear; newspaper clippings from January 8...

by Kelvyn Yeang & Paul Augustin

Indian Music and Arts in Malaysia Have Many Roots

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Indian music in Malaya before the 20th century was mainly of the Indian Classical and Carnatic modes, and these were performed in temples for religious celebrations and festivities by classical musicians brought in from India.

by Duraagashini Kathigesu & Paul Augustin

Pottery in Penang Gains Popularity Again

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Potters know that to get a fire started, much depends on the size of the wood used. Small woods get a fire going easily, but it is the larger ones that sustain it for longer and that maintain the overall temperature of the kiln.

by Lim Sok Swan