George Town marks UNESCO anniversary amid debate (via Nikkei Asian Review)
about 71 months ago (06/29/2018)
George Town marks UNESCO anniversary amid debate (via Nikkei Asian Review) | ArtsEquator Thinking and Talking about Arts and Culture in Southeast Asia ArtsEquator Radar June 29, 2018 GEORGE TOWN, Malaysia — On any given weekend, a 15-meter-long queue of international tourists materializes at the upper corner of Armenian Street, an atmospheric road packed with tourist shops and cafes at the heart of George Town, capital of Malaysia’s Penang State. Selfie-stick-toting visitors wait patiently to snare shots next to George Town’s most iconic piece of street art, “Two Kids on a Bicycle,” a life-size mural showing two children riding a bicycle into the wall. Meanwhile, local motorists curse the artwork — and the tourists — for contributing to the traffic gridlock that mars the area.