Little Penang Street Market

Date : Last Sunday Every Month
Venue : Little Penang Street Market
Time : 10am – 5pm

The sunlight really brightens the day. It was a good day to start walking and visit this event that being held at Upper Penang Street. They call this event as Little Penang Street Market. People outsiders may think that it is such a normal morning market. They are wrong.

What so special about this market?

This market may look alike like normal street bazaar. However, the speciality in this market is that they sell Penang craft and arts. The criteria that need in this market is that the things sold must be related to heritage or tradition. If possible it relate with the Penang Heritage and Tradition. It must be made in Malaysia. A possibility is to use 70% of Malaysian material.

The Market also is committed to Vendor Development – Nurturing artisans and cultural entrepreneurs to develop their markets, through improved sourcing to production linkages, business know-how and branding. Mentoring relationships are set up by the Little Penang creative team – little Penang Street Market.

The idea to develop this market came from a group of people volunteering that concern about the street artist and people who involving in heritage and tradition merchandise. Their passions about Penang really show the success as the people also supporting this event.

VISION / AIMS

The Aims of Community_Works are to:

• identify social organizations or challenged individuals with an interest in arts and crafts.

• provide training in product techniques and designs, as well as business, presentation and marketing skills.

• become a source for funding of Community_Works Projects

• envision a merchandise / retail outlet for products from Community_Works' Projects

• nurture and promote a community of socially conscious friends of the arts and crafts

The activities done:

Arts & Crafts Market : Local products from selected vendors
The Space : Live music & cultural performance
The Gallery : Affordable arts by Penang artists
Book Reading : Introducing Malaysian authors
Children’s Activity : Art, culture & educational games
Community Works : Contemporary crafts from Penang’s charities
Community projects by schools and NGOs
Eco-initiative : Natural products and recycling initiative.

I was waiting for the next Little Penang Street Market as I am going to be involve in the event. My boss is planning to do the cooking traditional demonstration. This would be fabulous when the Perth Tourism is going to join the demo.

Besides promoting Penang culture, I can also learn from others there. My 1st visit really show the people around very friendly and welcoming you to their stall. The products shown really catch my eyes. It is so beautiful and creative. The picture shown will prove this. Enjoy the picture taken.

For girls who love handbag, I bet you will envy to look at this handbag. It is custom made and if you bought that design, I am sure that you would not find it else where.

I was so excited to join the next event as this will represent the intangible cultural heritage of Penang. This is how we could recognise our own heritage and we can educate younger generation about heritage that is needed to be conserve and preserve.