Penang: Murals/Heritage Trail

After hearing so much of the Penang Murals Trail, we too, took a morning to hunt down as many murals as possible. Along the way, we discovered that there are not just Ernest Zacharevic's murals, there are many other amazing works too.

It was a fun morning, very much like a treasure hunt game- walking towards unknown based on the guided route.

Creadits: KPertiet's paper; Clementine Creative's Watercolour Circles; Misschifis' Fuzzy Felt Alpha;
Telling  the story of our lives from mscraps.com; etc.

Below are the map of walking trail of Ernest Zacharevic's Mural. I added Lorong Lumut where we parked our car and began our wander. Initially, the girls enjoyed it, soon after walking much, they started to lost the interest. Thank goodness it was a gloomy morning, not so much of perspiring and it was actually less grumpy of them, if I may add.

We did not cover all of them, for example "The Awaiting Trishaw Paddler" and "Children in the Boat" were too far to reach. Somehow, we missed "Broken Heart" too. 

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Right after Jalan Muntri, we walked into Lorong Stewart, I was intrigued by the Peranakan ceramic tiles and wooden doors. Apparently, each and everyone of the units along one stretch of the shophouses are all different! By the time I thought of snapping the beauties, we we were at the end of our heritage trail.

Peranakan homes are actually a combination of European, Chinese and Malay Influences. This type of architecture is normally called "Chinese Baroque" architecture as it is a mixture of Chinese and Europe building styles. Such a mixture show us the cosmopolitan aspect of Peranakan culture itself. - source.

I tasked the girls to look for same floor tiles design. Very quickly, they surrendered themselves.

Many of these tiles are of art nouveau Style characterised by delicate, graceful and sinuous lines with richly colored glazes. They were produced as stand-alone tiles or as vertical panels for use in entrance porches, hallways, washstands and courtyards. - source.

As I understand that, the ceramic tiles also usually placed on walls below the front windows on the ground floor facing the street. Flowers and geometrical designs are often used. Walking through the row of the shophouses, some of the entrances restored beautifully, some are awaiting for opportunity. I sense of happiness of the former and the sadness of the latter.

It was also eye-opening that, I could not find any identical entrance door, nor floor tiles.

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