For colourful sights, heady smells, and sounds of Hindi/Tamil songs, head for the Little Indias, of which the one in Klang seems the place to be. Jalan Tengku Kelana, in this royal town of Selangor, is the heart of Little India and the shops here are brimming with everything Indian - saris, bangles, flower garlands, banana leaf meals, herbs & spices, sweets & candies, gold jewelry, etc, etc. But of course the people are more interesting, from the
macha and
mamak at the restaurants to the Jasmine garland weavers and the fortune tellers on five foot ways.
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| One of the many shops selling colourful saris (CNB 2013) |
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| A fortune telling partnership of man and his parakeet (CNB) |
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| A sundry shop and a pile of betel nut leaves (CNB 2013) |
Flowers - who can resist flowers? In Little India, charming old ladies sit by the five-foot path of shops, stringing fragrant Jasmine buds. A man or two also do this. Beautiful yellow garlands of marigold and chrysanthemum decorate a few shopfronts, although some are plastic! But at the side street of Lorong Tingkat, some twenty stalls sell fresh flowers, garlands and wreaths for all occasions. Very, very colourful indeed!
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| Mariar, the Jasmine lady, smiles for my camera |
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| Yellow marigold & chrysanthemum flower garlands |
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| By the flower stalls along Lorong Tingkat (MB 2013) |
When in Little India, definitely have a banana leaf lunch. But before that snack on delicious
vadei and
pakora as you walk around. And after your lunch, don't forget to get your desserts from the shops or stalls -
gulab jamun, jalebi, laddu, coconut candy, and other Indian sweets and candies. Come Deepavali (in November), Little India is sure to be more colourful, so maybe then we'll make a trip to Klang again.
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| My banana leaf meal (CNB 2013) |
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| A sweet, sweet stall (CNB 2013) |
30 August 2013
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