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“Pulled Rickshaws in Indigo” - Pratyush

“Pulled Rickshaws in Indigo”

by Pratyush Manjul Singh

Shot @ Cheong Fatt Tze Mansion / Penang / Malaysia

 

The striking indigo of the Cheong Fatt Tze mansion stands it out on Leith Street in Georgetown Penang. The 38 room house is big even for a mansion and was the favourite of Entrepreneur Cheong Fatt Tze, the preeminent in the east. Recognised by UNESCO it now serves as a small hotel and museum portraying the rich amalgam of traditional Chinese architecture and Peranakan culture of the region.

 

The pulled rickshaws seen against the indigo façade were a popular means of transport for the middle and upper class and integral to the contemporary culture.

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Uploaded on June 14, 2013
Taken on May 12, 2013