Activities held in jonker street

Chinese calligraphy

In Jonker Street, we met a physically handicapped calligrapher demonstrating his calligraphy skills. Although he is a handicap person, he never gave up in himself. He practices calligraphy with his imperfect arms often. He practices technique for writing Chinese characters, performs the great oriental art of calligraphy in a unique way.

The sketching man

Walking downwards Jonker Street, we also saw a man that is in his 40s selling his sketches as a support of his life. His artwork is as fine as frog’s hair and it is amazingly impressive. Most of his sketches are related to Melaka, which makes them a perfect souvenir for a tourist.

The street performer

The picture shows a living statue street performer at Jonker Street. He acted as a moving statue and he was dressed entirely red glittered. He even painted his face and body with glitter and he will only blink or move when he is granted with money. This shows much of his professional in street performance.

The Malay singers

Two Malay singers nearby Jonker Street had a duet on a few songs accompanied by music performed with a band behind with traditional music instruments such as “Gong”, “rebena”, “gedombak” and “kombang”. This activity attracted a lot of tourists to surround them to cheer for them. 

Jia Xin