09 : Scarecrow Making Part 1

This is one of the most interesting activity in Tanjung Karang! The making of scarecrow ! Scarecrow is hardly can be seen nowadays and yet in Tanjung Karang, no only we can see, we can "design" it too ! Love the strong wind at the place where we create our group own scarecrow also although the sun is super hot there. But the weather is very nice and the sky is very clear. This is the first time we totally place our foot in the paddy field within the three days two nights there. It was so nice and the scenery there very gorgeous ! Love the huge paddy field !

The huge paddy field.

Everyone is gather there to listen for instruction.

Let's start to create our group scarecrow !

This is the ready-made scarecrow by the Uncle there.

Where is the head ?

The sun is too hot ! So we borrow the hat 
of the scarecrow a while. =)

Artiqah still helping the scarecrow to wear her baju kurung.

Dave is so concentrate.. 
Wait ! Who's hand there on the...?

We decided to make it a sexy scarecrow.

See what we done there..haha..
Scarecrow with nice body shape !

This two guys are in love with "her".

Dave look like want to kill the scarecrow, 
he is actually still set a head for it.

Aha !~ Our scarecrow done !
Dave still dance with her.
 Two scarecrow there? haha..

So sweet ~

Let's see what other group did :

Poor scarecrow being bully.

They still fixing the hands.

Everyone is so busy.

08 : Kuda Kepang

Kuda Kepang is a traditional dance or show that related to some spiritual things. First the leader of performer will ask for the "approval" from sky then just can start the show. The performers dance to a routine of the traditional dance and then later when they about to end the show, some animal soul will get into some people body and they start to act as strange. They might crawling on floor, cracking the coconut with his teeth, fight for fruits like monkeys or something like that. For more information about kuda kepang you may visit here : http://www.dancemalaysia.com/Dance/Traditional/Folk_Dance/Kuda_Kepang/kuda_kepang.htm

This is the "kuda kepang" which will be
hold by the dancer and dance.

They are open to public to learn and try the dance.

The dancer which already possessed by the animal's soul.

This is the whole group of the Kuda Kepang team.

Watch this video to see the whole dance.

07 : The Ambeng Rice ( Nasi Ambeng )

The Ambeng Rice is called Nasi Ambeng in Malay which nasi is mean rice in Malay. It is the traditional Javanese food which have bought inside to Tanjung Karang by the Javanese. It was so huge in portion and it's just so delicious which I wish to have it now since I saw the photos. Seriously hungry now.

The Ambeng Rice or called Nasi Ambeng in Malay is the famous cultural food in Tanjung Karang that left the Javanese. The Ambeng Rice are served in large portion and it consists of large component of white rice and served with side dishes. The side dishes are fried chicken or chicken cook with red sauce or soya sauce, pan-fried coconut floss, vegetables, dried fish, and fried noodles or vermicelli. All this side dishes and white rice are served on a huge banana leaf. It is normally can fit to 4 or 5 people per portion of Ambeng Rice.

It served in traditional way. So we need to use
traditional way to eat it ! By bare hands without
spoon and fork!

The chicken and pan-fried coconut floss is seriously nice!

There are some fried noodles too.

This is my friend - Mann Ee.
Our first time using hand to eat food.

Chai Ping here. =)

A nice try.

06 : Mengagau Ikan ( Catching fish with bare hand ) Part 2

I prefer the place of where "Mengagau Ikan" being carry out instead of the boring activities itself. There are hidden beauty inside this place make me so in love with it.

A very cute tree. Is it in a octopus shape?

Lonely chair there..

I love this trunk ! Every withered trunk 
have it's own attraction to me !

The house beside the gagau ikan place.

You see the ratio of the coconut tree 
with other trees. How tall it is !

Mysterious tree trunks.

The paddy plants here are extra green !

Like this feel. Feel like want to have a 
model photo shoot here.

Sudden saw they drying salted fish there. 
It is so dirty and got so many flies on it.

Huge Bougainvillea tree.

A nice try on recycle and reuse the old tire.

Nice and beautiful sunset behind all leaves.

The traditional Malay house there.

06 : Mengagau Ikan ( Catching fish with bare hand ) Part 1

"Mengagau Ikan" is Malay words, it means catching fish with bare hand in the mud pond. For those who really want to experience the village life are very suitable to join this activities. You can make yourself dirt once in a while with this.  But for those who have cleanliness obsessive or allergic do keep yourself away from this. For me, I don't really want to try this out so I just stay beside and taking photos. Have a look on photos below then you can have a clearer picture of what is "Mengagau Ikan".

You see all the boys having fun in the paddy field.

Really wonder how come this person wearing 
bright white shirt down to the paddy field. 

Even girls join this too. 
They are all searching for the fishes~

Yeah!~ Caught it !

I thought no fish in the ponds but there are quite a amounts.

Feel so disgusting. I am scared of this. 

Yay!~ Our girl hero. She caught the fish also! 

Epic Face! Hahaha..

There are so many of them in the end.

This is the end result of wearing so clean 
goes into the pond.