Tuesday 27 October 2015

#1 - Wall Paintings In Menglembu

This particular morning I suggested to hubby to have breakfast in Menglembu as I have a special purpose. As we were coming out from Pete Corner after our dinner, hubby pointed out a wall painting in the back lane to me.

I like to collect photos of wall paintings and I walked over to take a look. I saw not one but many. The back lane was dark and not safe or possible to take photos of the wall paintings. I decided to return for the photos in the morning and the best time is breakfast time when it is not hot.
A few mornings later, we started out about 8.20 am in the hazy morning.

The whole place was misty and foggy. Once we reached the site, I wasted no time and hubby went to get his breakfast at the nearby coffee shop.

This was the first painting that hubby saw on the night we were at Pete Corner having our dinner. It says "Welcome to Menglembu Cultural Corridor".

This painting features the main ethnic groups of Malaysia. Malays, Chinese, Indians, Ibans and Kadazans.

The painting are drawn by local artists.

Dulang washers working at the tin mine.

Chinese drums - usually used for lion and dragon dances and etc.

Lion dance performance.

Charging buffaloes.

3 peanuts and a black dog on the left and a bullock cart on the right.

Menglembu was once famous for its groundnuts.

"I love Menglembu"
I love Menglembu too because of its many variety of yummy food! Will be posting more paintings in another post.

This black dog was chained, it didn't even bark at me.

This one was quietly watching my every move.

Blur view of the Kledang Hills, very popular with hikers.

The lantern festival was just celebrated less than a month ago.

So let us celebrate the festival,
not with the old bread of wickedness and evil,
but with the new bread of sincerity and truth.
(1 Corinthians 5:8, New Living Translation-NLT)

50 comments:

  1. Nancy, it sure is very amusing to walk around and look at the murals!

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    1. Thank you, Phong Hong. I enjoyed looking at the murals. I wished I could draw like them. Have a good day!

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  2. I loves the paintings, all are very nice...

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  3. All so beautifully and meaningfully painted murals. I also on murals watch yesterday but I did not stop to take shots of all of them. I only managed take one of the murals, which I posted yesterday. ;)

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    1. Thank you, Rose. I love wall paintings. Actually I love nice paintings. I am keeping them in my blogs for remembrance. Have a beautiful day!

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  4. Such interesting murals! Sorry about the haze.

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    1. Thank you, Tom. We are just having to bear with the haze. Have a good day!

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  5. All the paintings are beautifully drawn & painted. Some of them are quiet meaningful like the one showing the enthic group of Malaysia.

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    1. Thank you, Irene. We are proud of our local artists. They have done a good job.

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  6. Magníficos os grafites.
    Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.

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  7. There is a benefit to walking to breakfast. Here we drive everywhere and we miss SO much!

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  8. These paintings are just simply wonderful...I would love to have even half the talent.

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    1. Thank you, Rose. I too would love to draw like these artists. Have a wonderful day!

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  9. Lovely paintings. Makes me feel like doing the same to the wall in my garden, but I have no talent for drawing. I cringe every time I see my artwork..haha!

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    1. Thank you, Sharon. I too would love to paint my side wall. But knowing me, I better not do it. Have a lovely day!

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  10. So many nice murals. Who painted them? Thank you for showing us these lovely wall paintings in menglembu.

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    1. Thank you, Mun. These are drawn by our local artists. They have done a great job.

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  11. Nice Murals...hehehe you show us adi we no nid go there to see :p Thanks hehe

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    1. Elin, but then you missed the good food in Menglembu. Ha haaa.

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  12. Such lovely artwork. Very nice. We have gang stuff here. Not pretty at all.

    Have a fabulous day Nancy. ☺

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    1. Thank you, Sandee. I love this kind of pretty artwork. Have a beautiful day!

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  13. Very colourful! The charging buffalo mural is my favourite.

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  14. Fascinating art work!!!
    Thank you for visiting me and I am now YOUR newest follower!
    I have a friend from Houston who is living in Malaysia! She's home now for a visit but will return in a few weeks! She loves it there but misses Texas and her friends and family!

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    1. Thank you, Linda for following me back. You are most welcome to be my newest follower! I am happy that your friend loves Malaysia. Have a beautiful day!

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  15. great painitngs the mnost interesting are the bulls

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  16. Hi Nancy, good morning and thanks for sharing these wonderful gorgeous wall paintings. And one of these brought back my childhood memories ... '万里望' brand groundnuts.

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    1. Thank you, Karen. Are you from Menglembu? I am a groundnut lover.

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  17. The paintings are amazing, and the dogs are adorable!

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  18. O sol é para as flores o que os sorrisos são para a humanidade.(Joseph Addison)
    Obrigada querida, pela visita carinhosa!
    Um doce abraço, Marie.

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    1. Thank you, Marie. We do miss our sunny days! Have a wonderful day!

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  19. I've seen the ones that are all over Penang, and now Ipoh and Singapore too - but this is a different style. I enjoyed looking at these today. Thanks for sharing your shots.

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    1. Thank you, dear. This is a style of its own and I like these too.

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  20. The paintings are fabulous. Thanks for sharing them with us.

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  21. Hi Nancy,

    These paintings are gorgeous! I hope that the haze at your place is getting better now.

    Zoe

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    1. Thank you, Zoe. Today the visibility is better. Hope it will get better each day!

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  22. Very interesting murals! The charging Buffaloes are real enough looking to make somebody jump out of the way!

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    1. Thank you, Sallie. It is real enough to me, for me to quickly stay out of their path.

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  23. I do wonder who commissions these paintings! Some of them were on the outsides of doors and windows.

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    1. I think it is a community project. It is along the back lane of two rows of shop houses.

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  24. Those are very interesting wall paintings. I love the peanut catching one the best, but they are all pretty nice. Glad you shared them!

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    1. Thank you, Erika. I love eating these peanuts. Have a beautiful day!

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