A trishaw passing through Armenian Street Ghaut in the morning.

An Islander's Perspective of Penang
A trishaw passing through Armenian Street Ghaut in the morning.
Various activities at the Chinese New Year festival and celebration in George Town.
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.
A Chinese Incense Sticks shop by the side of the old Kuan Yin Temple at Kapitan Keling Mosque Street, George Town.
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).
A Kavadi carrier making his pilgrimage to the hilltop temple during the Thaipusam festival in Penang.
The view where the Sungai Burong river meets the sea at the western coast of Balik Pulau.