Happy Deepavali@Little India Ipoh

I was stuck in a traffic jam at Lahat Road old town on Tuesday 2 days before Deepavaili. The Indian community along Lahat Road had set up stalls on the road and traffic was good for 1 lane only.The feeling of a festival was in the air so i parked the car and decided to try and capture the atmosphere.After all this area has now been named Little India.

Little India is located at the junction of Lahat Road and Belfield Street.

Note the white dome topped building in the middle...that is Ipohs Railway Station...next day when you take THEE DOUBLE TRACK TRAIN to Ipoh Little India is just within walking distance. Also the original Ipoh White Coffee Shop is just 2 blocks east of Little India.

Another view from the top floor of Sonali Boutique. I noted that this area has been named "Dataran Little India"

In the foreground is a water fountain (minus the water). This was the original location for the second Birch memorial dedicated to EW Birch the son of JWW Birch.

The original Birch Fountain ...donated by the Ipoh Chinese Business Community. (photo from the book 'Kinta Valley')

A view of the Dataran looking south.


Looking north. Note the name Little India under 'Silver Town Trading'

Stalls spilling onto Lahat Road...



Kedai VK Kalyanasundram..this shop has been here for ...can't remeber since when...5 foot way stall along Belfield Street...

just take a walk through here to get into the Deepavali mood.


deepavali foodies.....absolutely yummy.....



Kacang Putih from Buntong ?.....

bright coloured Indian clothing......lovely.....


traditional fashion!??

add some glitter....

Little India has been staging live shows since the beginning of the month.Tuesday was the last night.I came back that night....will post the night photos next.

cheers!

Temple along the Kinta River

Saw this temple , Kim Kwong Toong, with lit joss sticks at 730 in the morning. Thought i'd take a few shots.

The building is nice. This temple is located on Jalan Istana along the Kinta River.This area used to have alot of nice Malay wooden bungalows here. Construction work is going on at the back of the temple for the Riverfront Hotel.


The lit joss sticks. I have contrasted it for effect.

Next to the temple is Bank Islam. The contrast of designs is interesting. Malaysia truly boleh

cheers

Kow Wong Yeah

It was the 'Nine God Festival' last week. My daughter went with her friends to Tow Boo Keong temple and came home with these pau.

It is without fail that whenever this festival comes around it will rain daily.Our bar-b-q held during the long break was almost a washout because of heavy rain and low winds.Strange but true.

cheers!

'06 Mountainbike challenge (2)..detour at the orang asli settlement

..this is the orang asli settlement at Tg Rambutan....nice place perched atop here ...with a nice surrounding overview...i thought i'd take a break..so i cycled around to look-see2.....

..1st things first...i bought 2 COLD! 100plus from this kedai at 'penghulu unan lane'......

above from the 'kedai' was the community hall..

and they were having a cook out...wow! good feng shui timing....take note of their community hall...built on a slope and on stilts....a friendly waving hand on the right.....

another view of their village and houses...

the inside of the hall...bamboo floor and thatched ceiling...nice thatch designed door..note the fluorescent lamps above...

..take note of the "main floor" there seems to be a border surrounding it ...whereby the whole main floor is seamless..remember..this hall is built on a slope and on stilts..but the floor is level..interesting isn't it...!!wonder what was the cost???

..at the side ..the Kitchen??..appears so..take note of the plate rack at the left of the photograph..a group of ladies on the left and another group of young ladies on the right...traditional setting but with an organized work flow!??....interesting....

..the ladies from the 'left' doing the preparations.....

the 'shy' young ladies from the 'right' ..with pots and pans...not sure what their duties were about though...

outside..the kitchens ... on one side of the hall the ladies were cooking fish...


..on the other side of the hall..this man had a huge kuali of meat and veggies on the fire ...note the firewood under the pan..or is it 'firelogs??' ...



some scenes to capture the very very friendly atmosphere...working & sembang2..




i went for a cycle ride in the countryside and discovered a lovely culture literally in my 'backyard' ......an orang asli culture going into the 21st century..embracing the conveniences of the time but maintaining their traditional outlook...a natural transitioning as it were....

cheers!