Malay Heritage Centre - 12 Feb 2005

[Nizz]

Hi

Was at the Malay Heritage Centre yesterday (opening ceremony) to watch some cultural shows. Here are some images to share with you. Feel free to comment.

This is the frontal view of the Malay Heritage Centre, what used to be a palace. More on the place here: http://www.malayheritage.org.sg/

One of the sideshows was showcasing some of the traditional female Malay costumes. This is one of the 4 'models'.

Here's another shot of the same 'model'.

A couple of the traditional Kuda Kepang dancers (dancing with 'wooden' horses). Traditionally, these dancers go into a trance when they do the dance, and may do other things such as eat glass etc. But those were the days...

Balancing the Keris (traditional Malay weapon of choice for close combat) on its tip required some pretty steady hands. The above was the biggest one on show.

A few more images can be found here: http://www.brickandbutter.com/cpg132/

Cheers....Nizz

 

[AixisOfJustice]

Hi Nizz. It's a pleasure to have met u at the MHC.

I like ur composition :thumbsup: . Saw in ur gallery that u've also took my pic trying to balance the keris. Cheers, bro! ;p

FYI, the event over the weekend wasn't the opening ceremony of the MHC. The MHC is not officially opened yet. That will only happen sometime in June this year. However, the Istana grounds & museum/gallery was opened to the public late Nov last year.

This event is actually the Heirloom Rejuvenation Ceremony to mark Awal Muharram (the start of the Muslim calender) & the ritual cleansing of the heirlooms (the keris), which is a Javanese tradition. This is the 2nd time the ceremony has been held.

Hope to see you in other shoots & events in the future! Happy shooting!!

 

[Nizz]

Ouch....misinformation.

Sorry....must've misinterpreted the poster.

Thx for your comments....And nice to meet you too! Hopefully we'll bump into each again in the future.

Cheers...Nizz