Terinai Dance

       

                                               

This is one of the so called "Terinai". It is one of a traditional dance that are rarely seen actually, only in countryside. Sometimes ago this perfomance are mend only for the royals but as time passed by, it can also be seen in the wedding ceremonies conducted by the people. Apart from that, the music are played to accompany this dance. The instrument of music consist of Serunai (duoble reed), gendang ibu and anak (2 piece sort of drums) and double Gong. It is played harmoniusly tone along with the graciuos dance. Of course, this reflects the soul of the Malay, very subtle but yet so deep. 

Canggung Dance

Tarian Canggung, a traditional dance, was brought from early historical times, and performed by the people as a form of celebration after harvest time. In fact, it is the people's dance where singing and exchanges of words in stanzas (called 'berbalas pantun') are freely and jestingly called for to the accompaniment of music.

Tarian Terinai, is yet another dance and musical presentation, performed specifically during a royal ceremony. The musical accompaniment is usually provided by the beating of Gendang Terinai (drums), normally performed by five musicians. Awang Batil is akin to a 'story-teller' who tells of the glory and richness of life of the people of olden times. In a sense, Awang Batil is not much different from the minstrels of old England. Awang Batil is an expert with words, albeit colloquial, and as he proceeds with his story he beats a small drum and plays a tune on his flute as and when the story line demands. Such a presentation was normal during a big feast and during one form of festivity or another in times gone by.

Seni Silat is the traditional Malay art of self-defense. It has become an integral part of an official function as it is also performed by individuals, singly or as a team, as part of the festivities associated with the function. Silat takes on various forms, depending on the origin, body thrusts and artistic representations.

Malaysians

The Malay are Malaysia's largest ethnic group, accounting for over half the population and the national language. With the oldest indigenous peoples they form a group called bumiputera, which translates as "sons" or "princes of the soil." Almost all Malays are Muslims, though Islam here is less extreme than in the Middle East. Traditional Malay culture centers around the kampung, or village, though today one is just as likely to find Malays in the cities.  


In Perlis , there are also Siamese and Bumanese , but the majority of it's citizen is Malay people . 

Char Kuew Teow

Char Kway Teow translates to “stir-fried ricecake strips ” and is recognized by the flat, thick rice noodles that are used.  The authentic version is stir-fried with lard (and even has additional pork fat croutons for additional flavour), dark and light soy sauce, chilli, de-shelled cockles, sliced chinese sausage, bean sprouts and sometimes prawns and egg (from duck or chicken).  The secret to the ‘charred’ taste is to be cooked in a wok at a very high temperature and served steaming hot.

Char kway teow is a favourite south east asian dish prepared in many variations depending on if you are in Singapore, Malaysia (Penang, Perak, Sarawak) or Indonesia where it’s known as Kwetiau Goreng. For me personally, it was the first Singapore hawker food that I tried – I even remember that I purchased it at the eating house on Upper Circular Road, Boat Quay.  I think it’s etched in my memory as my first ‘solo’ food purchase because I had no idea what it was or what I was eating – it just looked good!

Bao

Location : Kuala Perlis

The well known traditional “Bao shop” in town. 
With variety choices of nice food .
All kind of bao 包 – pork da bao, kaya bao, red bean bao,vege bao, coconut bao, chicken bao, char siew bao and so on. 
 Sticky rice 糯米鸡 with chicken,pork and mushroom . Siew Bao 烧包 (minced pork+sesame+green beans) . Yam cakes 芋头糕（ full of yam, peanuts with special homemade chili souce) . 

Chuping Sugarcane Plantation

Chuping Sugarcane Plantation Location  Chuping is a small town located not far from Kangar, the capital state of Perlis in Northern Peninsular Malaysia. Being adjacent to Thailand border, you will see many cross influence of Thai in the town. The main scenery of Chuping is endless plantations, taking about 22,000 hectares of rubber estate and Malaysia's largest sugarcane plantation. Overview  Being a small town in Perlis, Chuping has its own uniqueness. It has a view of edgeless sugarcane plantations, covering more than 22,000 hectares of land, making it the largest sugarcane plantation in Malaysia. The Chuping Sugar Cane Plantation is located at the foot hill of Bukit Chuping and was formed as a joint venture of three organizations, namely the Felda Plantation Sdn Bhd, PPB Group Berhad and Syarikat Kilang Gula Felda Perlis in 1971. The sugarcane factory produces 5,500 metric tonnes of sugarcane per day during harvesting season and it's open to public for visits and to learn more about sugarcane processing and making.Many schools around Perlis often organize school trips to educate young children on how to process sugarcane. The harvesting season starts from December to June. Apart from plantation, Chuping is also known for its limestone hill, just as Bukit Chuping is. Many of the lime caves housed bats and the guano used to be processed as fertilizer for plantation for crops such as rice. Among others, the snake and reptile park is among the widely visited attractions. It's the largest snake breeding and research center in Malaysia, housing more than 20 species of snake and other reptiles.

Gua Kelam (Kelam Cave)

Gua Kelam (Kelam Cave)

 

Location

 

Gua Kelam (Kelam Cave) located about 33 km north of Kangar, the capital of Perlis state, near to a small town called Kaki Bukit (Foot Hill). It shares the border with Nakawan Range of Thailand.

Overview

 

One of the most unique caves in Malaysia as it's a 370-metre long limestone cave where it's famous for its 'cave walk'. It's among the favorites cave for the adventure seekers. You will enter from one end of the cave and come out at a different location. The only path in is via a wooden suspension bridge measuring 8 ft wide walkway. The hollow limestone path is believed to be the idea of an Englishman that converted this cave as a method of transporting tin from a mine near the stream entrance of Kaki Bukit. Today the walk path is brightly illuminated, where you can still find remnants of time mine operation inside. The sound of squeaking bat and dripping water from the stalactites may be soothing for some and spooky for others!
After a hard day work in the cave, you can drop by the Wang Kelian Sunday Market to quench your thirst; fill your stomach and get some souvenirs home too. The market itself has many segments, selling variety of goods including food, textile, handmade jewelry and others. Since Perlis located just at the Thai border, you can see there are a lot of Thais selling their local handmade goods. Hotel in Perlis is not luxurious, but suffice to have a comfortable rest.