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Kagyed Mahakala Chaam
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Phodong Monastery – Sikkim, INDIA
The Kagyed Mahakala Chaam (dance of the Great Protector) is performed by monks on the same days across a few Kagyupa monasteries in Sikkim, Ladakh and Nepal in honour of the Mahakala after seven days and night of rigorous reading of the Buddhism [...]
Spastic Children’s Association
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – SCAS & FT Physiotherapy Room – Petaling Jaya, MALAYSIA
The Spastic Children’s Association of Selangor and Federal Territory (SCAS & FT), Malaysia, was established in February, 1960 in a garage of the Red Cross to address the shortfall in the education system that does not cater to children [...]
Vandalism | Art
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – {some}backstreet – Melbourne, AUSTRALIA
“I think graffiti writing is a way of defining what our generation is like. Excuse the French, we’re not a bunch of p—- artists. Traditionally artists have been considered soft and mellow people, a little bit kooky. Maybe we’re a little bit more like [...]
Malaysian Chinese Opera
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Performers Backstage – Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA
Chinese opera has been reduced to nothing more than an incidental ‘performance’ limited to temple celebrations and festivals that are often associated with the spiritual need to appease and honour deities. Couple with poorly constructed makeshift stages, unhygienic living conditions, worn-out costumes [...]
Cancer Is A Bitch
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – My Mother
I write this not because I want to, but because I have to. It’s good to know before it is too late.
Cancer Is A Bitch!
Skin cancer – whilst is the most common form of cancer with more than one million skin cancers being diagnosed annually, [...]
Sculptured Dough
© Penelope Gan – All Rights Reserved – Jonker Street, Malacca, MALAYSIA
Sculpturing with dough is a folk art that is a dying tradition and little known off outside China. Based on known written records, dough sculpturing is believed to have dated back to the Han Dynasty (206BC – AD220) where they were made as sacrifices [...]