25/7/2009 Georgetown - UNESCO World Heritage Site Part 3

After the dragon dance ended, I headed to the Indian Temple that I visited just now for the following Indian cultural shows. The first performance was the traditional Indian classical musics performed by two musicians using the traditional Indian music instruments - Sitar, a 21 strings instruments and Tabla, a popular traditional Indian percussion.

The 2 musicians not just played the classical Indian's songs which are so different from present Indian's songs, as it's easy listening, but they also played a Chinese song, which is the main them of an old TVB series - Once Upon A Time In Shanghai and a Malay song with the instruments.


This is Sitar, the base of it is made with pumpkin which has been cut into half


This is Tabla, the smaller one is made of wood while the larger one is made of brass

After the classical Indian music presentation, it was followed by a Traditional Indian dance performed by a few young ladies.









After the dance, it was followed by another Indian dance.


More people and more props for this dance



After the dance, I headed to the Chinese temple nearby to watch the Chinese Opera as well.








Backstage musicians


Smile~


After a while, I only realized the story of the opera is about the famous judge - Justice Bao


Justice Bao with his sheriffs


He actually had four sheriffs

After spending 20 minutes at the temple, I decided to head forward to my last destination of the night, Khoo Kongsi.


As I was on my way, I came across the flowers stalls located besides the temple


There was some Malay musicians playing their traditional musical instruments as well




To be continue.....