Penang Street Art (Market Lane Toddy Shop)

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Steel rod wall sculpture found at Market Lane, George Town. The sculpture is installed at the front entrance wall of an old toddy shop. Toddy is an alcoholic beverage created from the sap of various species of palm tree such as the palmyra, date palms and coconut palms. It is popular among the Indian community here and even to some Chinese.
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The sculpture depicts a person climbing up a palm tree, presumably to harvest the sap of the tree for making toddy.

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