George Town Street View: Artists Outing

A group of people spotted at a five-foot-way of a heritage townhouse, sketching and painting the facades of George Town on a Sunday morning.

Cheng Beng (Qing Ming) Festival

Every year usually during the month of March or April, Chinese locals will be paying respect to their ancestors during the Qingming Festival (also known as Tomb Sweeping Day and Clear Bright Festival). Qingming Festival is also commonly known as Cheng Beng by the local Hokkiens in Penang.

A Chinese tradition, the Qingming Festival is an opportunity for members of a family to remember and honour their ancestors at grave sites. Young and old pray before the ancestors, sweep the tombs and offer food, tea, wine, chopsticks, joss paper accessories, and/or libations to the ancestors.

George Town Street View: A Chinese Incense Sticks Seller

A Chinese Incense Sticks shop by the side of the old Kuan Yin Temple at Kapitan Keling Mosque Street, George Town.

Penang Thaipusam: The Golden and Silver Chariots

Penang Thaipusam: Scenes from the Festival

Scenes from the Penang Thaipusam festival. During the festival, the breaking of the coconuts is a ritual practiced by Hindus as an act of cleansing and also to symbolize the renounce of one’s ego at the feet of the presiding deity Lord Muruga (usually carried on a chariot).

Penang Thaipusam: A Kavadi Carrier

A Kavadi carrier making his pilgrimage to the hilltop temple during the Thaipusam festival in Penang.

Life in Penang: A Skateboarder

A skateboarder having fun at Hin Bus Depot, George Town.

George Town Street View: A Coconut Seller

Macallum Street Ghaut View: The Passer By

An old lady walking past the walls of an old factory in Macallum Street Ghaut, Groege Town.