In my previous blog post I’ve written about ‘Voluntourism PUSPANITA IM4U program at Pantai Bagan Lalang, Sepang, Selangor where my family and I had the privileges to partake in the program first hand. It is not easy to keep the environment clean and green, hence, from that day onwards I stopped taking things for granted. Anyway, as mentioned in my previous blog post, we were also brought to ‘Voluntourism PUSPANITA IM4U event place at Pantai Bagan Lalang.
There’s plenty of interesting things going on. One in particular is the Santai Teh Tarik Tourism. Initially, I thought it was merely a ‘teh tarik’ session where you can discuss all things related to tourism and travel, but I was wrong. It was more than just mere table talk session.
There is also an ongoing festival that showcased all things related to Malaysian heritage and culture.
Santai Teh Tarik Tourism in session. I was told that it’s actually an event, or rather series of tour where each Santai Teh Tarik tourism is held at different interesting tourist attractions in Malaysia. Discussion topic or theme is different every time. The previous edition that my family and I went to was Santai Teh Tarik Tourism: Culture& Heritage Tourism. The discussions was of course, all things related to traveling to domestic attractions that is rich in culture and heritage.
Apart from the Teh Tarik Tourism, there’s plenty of things going on there too.
Musical performance by school children
Friends from Tourism Malaysia Selangor. They were responsible for manning the Tourism Malaysia Selangor booth. Note to readers: Approach them if you ever spot them at any events. They have plenty to share with you, especially attractive places in Selangor. And oh, they are generous too. They usually handout magazines, brochures, tourism swags, magnets and badges and many more to the public as an initiative to promote domestic travel.
Pebble painting. Lovely, don’t you think?
Batik painting for children
Aborigin craft making demo
Pretty artworks and origami.
Cupcake making and decorating
Delicious cupcakes
Dodol making in progress.
Dodol is a sweet toffee-like confection, popular in Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Burma. It is made with coconut milk, jaggery, and rice flour, and is sticky, thick and sweet.
In Muslim majority countries, such as Indonesia and Malaysia, Dodol is commonly served during festivals such as Aidilfitri and Aidiladha as sweet treats for children. People take pride in making homemade dodol during the Aidilfitri, where family members or community will gather together to make Dodol.
Distributing Dodol to the public. If you haven’t had the opportunity to try this traditional delicacy, make sure to try it soon. I dare say that it’s worth your calories.
The event place was actually scorching hot and I did not managed to visit all participating booths because I was already feeling so worn after walking halfway. These are only a part of the things being showcased to the public.
A huge fan of all things cultural, I sure hope to be able to see more things like this in the nearest future and perhaps, next time I’ll be able to share more. 🙂
love the art and craft, oh didn’t know that dodol is like that. How is dodol taste like?
Such a wonderful event…. It’s an eye opening to know more about the culture here..
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The event looks nice. A great initiative by the Tourism Malaysia. Kids able to enjoy it too
Wow, this seems very interesting. Hope we could join such events to learn more about different cultures. 🙂
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That was definitely a whole load of fun and so much interesting activities… Too bad I missed it…. .
On behalf of Anne Syafiqa….. Sighhh
I love Malaysia. Seeing Malaysian culture is something new and exciting for me. Thanks for sharing! 🙂
Love the art and craft it is so beautiful and with so much efforts. Dodol sounds interesting though i havent tried it yet in singapore also.. Is it called something different here.
aww, i love the art activities. especially the aborigin craft. hope to have chance next time to learn from their culture. always being humble to learn new things, knowldege never ends <3
Arghh I missed this la..if not we can go lepak 🙂
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the fun art and batik painting for children, it’s good time for children to be creative and painting their favourite color on their master piece. I love batik painting too.
This event is great for family blogger and those with children. Nice write up!
look like a good event. but why the dodol is gray color? I thought dodol is dark brown or black color. hahaha…so curious!
The dodol gravy looks like mud for me >.< Fun activities to learn more about kraf in Malaysia!
beautiful shots ! so much teh tarik feel. Now dont mind me while i go get a drink at the local mamak. 😀
wow! so much fun activities…peddles painting, batik painting…etc..only for kids? If I was there, definitely I will be disappointed if they do not allow me to participate all the art related activities….ha…ha…
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Oh! I never knew that dodol is cooked in a large pot (like they usually use for Gulai Kawah). Interesting!
wow, what a cute event name! And didn’t expect it to be so much more than Teh Tarik. Haha. Would love to try dodol some day!
my kids would totally love this event, especially pebble and batik painting, for me I think I’d be enjoying the food haha.
Sound like a very good and fun event. Don’t have much change to do this kind of art and craft out there.
I was pretty surprised to see so much more than the tarik going on in the event ! you had fun, i’m sure
I’m truly wondering how that muddy thing (doodle?) taste… seeing this for the first time 😛
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Love the art and craft! Hope I have the chance to learnt it too. Hehe
I’ve only seen dodol been made a few times. Thanks for sharing. really cool.
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