Penang Street Art

Little Children on a Bicycle mural, Armenian Street

Street mural by Ernest Zacharevic for the George Town 2012 Festival

Thanks to Ken from Postcardunited for this street art postcard for my collection and the latest

stamp from the Endangered Marine Life April issue. :D

Sent: 22 April 2015   Received: 24 April 2015   Travelled: 2 days

Penang Street art

Old Motorcycle by Ernest Zacharevic, Ah Quee Street

One of the street art murals from the works of Ernest Zacharevic, who was commissioned

by the Georgetown Festival 2012. Thanks to a friend who was visiting Penang

for this awesome postcard! 

Sent: 13 March 2015   Received: 18 March 2015   Travelled: 5 days

Wesak Lottery card

The birth at Lumbini Grove on the full moon day of Vesak May).

Wesak or Vesak, also known as Buddha Purnima and Buddha Day, is a holiday observed traditionally by Buddhists on different days in Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tibet, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, and the South East Asian countries of Singapore, Vietnam, Thailand, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar and Indonesia, and other places all over the world.Sometimes informally called "Buddha's Birthday", it actually commemorates the birth, enlightenment (nirvāna), and death (Parinirvāna) of Gautama Buddha in the Theravada or southern tradition

The exact date of Vesak is based on the Asian lunisolar calendars and is primarily celebrated in Vaisakha month of the Buddhist calendar and the Hindu calendar, and hence the name Vesak. In India and Nepal, which is considered the birth-country of Buddha, it is celebrated on the full moon day of the Vaisakha month of the Hindu calendar, and is traditionally called Buddha Purnima, Purnima meaning the full moon day in Sanskrit.

Thanks to SL Liew for my Wesak day Lottery card!

Sent: 20 May 2014   Received: 2 June 2014   Travelled: 13 days

Chinese Opera in Malaysia

 

A cultural scene of Chinese Opera performed during "Hungry Ghost" festival.

This celebration is held to entertain "Spirits" which would be released from the eternal

dimensions.

Thanks to SL for this Chinese Opera card of Malaysia :)

Sent: 23 May 2014   Received: 27 May 2014   Travelled: 4 days

Khoo Kongsi, Penang

The famous Khoo Kongsi is the grandest clan temple in the country. It is also one of the city's major historic attraction. The clan temple has retained its authentic historic setting, which includes an association building, a traditional theatre and the late 19th century rowhouses for clan members, all clustered around a granite-paved square. It is located in Cannon Square in the heart of the oldest part of the city of George Town, in the midst of narrow, winding lanes and quaint-looking pre-War houses exuding a palpable old world charm.

I really would love to visit Penang one day, it feels like it has retain very much the old traditional charm of a bygone era. I'm not a traditional Chinese and I find it very fascinating to read and learn about the Chinese diaspora in Malaysia and the different Chinese clans. I'm Hakka by the way and I don't know whether that falls into Han Chinese or a different minority group.

Thank you Violet for this lovely postcard of Khoo Kongsi

Sent: 28 January 2014

Reeived: 30 January 2014 (hah! on the Lunar New Year's Eve!)

Travelled: 2 days