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Mount Jerai (Malay: Gunung Jerai), formerly Kedah Peak, is a mountain

in Kedah, Malaysia with the height of 3,854 feet (1,175 m). Within Kedah
itself, the mountain stands at the border of Kuala Muda and Yan districts.
The mountain is a massive limestone outcrop and is a lone feature from the
surrounding geography of the area. There is an information board on top of
the mountain stating that it used to be an island called Pulai Serai before
the sea levels receded letting it form a mountain

Baju kurung is a loose-fitting full length dress, consisting of a skirt and a


blouse. The skirt is made from a long cloth with foldings on one side; the
blouse is collarless, has long sleeves, and extends to between the hips and
knees. It is sometimes made of silk, imported from Japan, South Korea,
China, Taiwan, Turkey or India, or from the Malaysian states
of Terengganu or Kelantan.

The Bujang Valley (Malay: Lembah Bujang) is a sprawling historical complex


and has an area of approximately 224 km2 situated near Merbok, Kedah,
between Gunung Jerai in the north and Muda River in the south, it is the
richest archaeological area in Malaysia. These archaeological remains show
that there was a Hindu-Buddhist polity here. In Sanskrit the
term bhujanga refer to serpent, thus the name itself is roughly translated
into "Serpent Valley".

Penang Wonderfood Museum offers visitors a kitsch, kooky and in-depth


look at the city’s unique food culture with larger-than-life displays of
Malaysian dishes. Set within a 1940s colonial building in Georgetown, the
museum is divided into three galleries called Info Zone, Wow Zone, and
Educational Zone. All of the hyper-realistic models are handcrafted by the
museum’s owner, Sean Lao who utilises food replication techniques from
Japan. The first section showcases over 100 types of popular street foods
and traditional delicacies of the Malays, Indians, Chinese, and Perakanan,
all of which are displayed in individual glass cases.
Penang 3D Trick Art Museum is an interactive museum on King
Street in George Town, Penang. It has its soft opening on 25 October, 2014.
The museum occupies two levels of a long shophouse that stretches from
King Street to Penang Street.Visitors make their way through the ground
floor and then continue up the stairs to the first floor. The journey takes
them through scenes in Penang, and then continues on to more fantastic
and outlandish terrain.What makes the Penang 3D Trick Art Museum "stand
out", literally speaking, is that it uses both perspective murals as well as
life-size figures that protrude from the walls. Hence it offers a different and
new experience.

Baju Melayu is a traditional Malay outfit for men. It literally translates as


'Malay shirt' and consists of two main parts. The first being the baju (long
sleeved shirt) itself which has a raised stiff collar known as the cekak
musang collar (literally fox's lease). The second part is the trousers called
"seluar".[1] The two parts are made out of the same type of fabric which is
usually cotton, or a mixture of polyester and cotton. A skirt-type adornment
is also commonly worn with the Baju Melayu, which is either the "kain
samping", made out of songket cloth or the kain sarung, made out of cotton
or a polyester mix. Both are loops of fabric which are folded around the
wearer's waist. A jet-black or dark coloured headgear called
the songkok can also worn to complete the attire.

The dhoti, also known as panche, vesti, dhuti, mardani, chaadra, dhotar or panchey,
is a traditional men's garment worn in the Indian subcontinent. It is a rectangular
piece of unstitched cloth, usually around 4.5 metres (15 ft) long, wrapped around
the waist and the legs and knotted at the waist.
A changshan is a traditional Chinese dress (or robe, long jacket or tunic)
worn by men. In function, it is considered the male equivalent of the
women's cheongsam. It is also known as a changpao or dagua .It was often
worn by men with a magua or "riding jacket". These types of dress were
widely adopted beginning under the Manchu (Chinese: 滿 族 ) rulers of
the Qing dynasty (Chinese: 清朝), who required that men in certain positions
wear this style. It took more time for the majority of women to adopt the
new style of qipao rather than hanfu (Chinese: 漢服).

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