The July Market displayed an array of art and crafts, with demonstration stalls along with some of Malaysia's spectacular Malay wedding traditions – the folding of sireh and towels, the making of egg flowers and Gendang Silat.

Nyonya dance by Penang Straits Chinese Association

Gendang Silat

Top Spinning: The 20-member troupe from Kelatan staged an exciting demonstration of top-spinning accompanied by traditional music.

Special stalls from Balik Pulau
YB Siti Farida Arshad brought us five special stalls showcasing – sumptuous kampung delights, traditional Malay wear including batik garments, seashell craft from Telok Bahang, popular fruits from Balik Pulau, nutmeg juice and chicken rice.

As part of the celebration, Little Penang joined hands with The Penang Players to bring you Book Readings where you can meet esteemed Malaysian Authors, purchase autographed books, listen to extracts from their latest books and even read with them.

The Book Reading session this July featured Beth Yahp - writer and librettist. Beth Yahp short fiction, essays and articles have appeared in a range of anthologies, magazines and newspapers in Australia, South-east Asia and Europe, and she has edited or co-edited several collections of stories and essays. Her novel The Crocodile Fury, was published in 1992.

In 1993, she won a fellowship for her novel. It has since been translated and published in several European languages. Her reading was held at Beach Blanket Babylon, Upper Penang Road at 3.30 pm this 29 July.

TALK: Organic Living by Tan Siew Luang
Founded in 1985, the Centre for Environment, Technology and Development Malaysia (CETDEM) is an independent, non-profit, training, research, consultancy, referral, and development organization. It is committed to improving environmental quality through the appropriate use of technology and sustainable development and offers a number of training courses on appropriate topics. It targets business, industry, government, citizen groups, and the public. Tan Siew Luang is one of CETDEM's group of Malaysian resource persons with extensive technical and research experience to provide expertise and advice in all the areas of its concern.

LIVE Music at Little Penang!

Once again, we had the privilege of listening to or watching a fantastic array of performance talents. First up was Voce, comprising Daniel, Noel, Oliver and Stefan. For 30 minutes, they entranced the audience with their wonderful singing, their beautiful harmonies continually eliciting spontaneous applause from the large crowd. An extremely talented quartet, we look forward to seeing them again and urge people not to miss them.

Later we had T-Virus, again showing breakdancing skills that had the audience in raptures. This was followed by Sam Ponnudorai, whose exquisite guitar technique and matching voice was a treat for marketeers - it is is wonderful that Little Penang can get such seasoned performers.

Finally, Paku, long-standing supporters of LPSM, played a set brimming with their usual talents and self-composed songs. Many thanks to all of them.

Programme of the Day

11.00am - 2.00pm
• Pertandingan Lipatan Sirih
• Pertandingan Buat Bunga Telor
• Pertunjukan Gendang Silat
• Lipatan Tuala
• Talk By Cigku Bahoorudin on Lipatan Sirih and its significance
• Either Gasing demonstration from Trengganu/Wayang Kulit Workshop or Wau Workshop from KeKWa Kuala Lumpur

2.00pm: Voce - Penang's amazingly talented singing quartet
3.00 - 3.30pm: Talk On Organic living by Siew from CETDEM
3.30 - 3.45 pm: T-Virus - breakdancing extraordinaire
4.00- 5.00pm: Sam Ponnudorai and his exquisite guitar
5.00 - 5.30pm: Paku - five-piece acoustic wonder

3.30pm: Book reading by international author Beth Yahp and the Penang players at Beach Blanket Babylon

10.00am - 5.00pm
• Demonstration on Red Chinese Woodcuts by Lim Siew Bee
• Demonstration of Indian garland making and Thoronum decorations by the Hindu Sangam
• And many other demonstration stalls

Photographed © Adrian Cheah. All Rights Reserved

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Press & Reviews

The Star, North - Friday, 24 August 2007
"Street mart marks first anniversary"

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