In conjuction with KLFestival and Coconut Grater Exibition 2008, Department of Museums Malaysia will be organizing a Coconut Grating Competition on 20th July 2008 10.00am-12.00pm at our center stage, Department of Museums Malaysia, Jalan Damansara, Kuala Lumpur. Interesting prizes awaits contestants.

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Effective from 12th July 2008, the Library of the Department of Museums Malaysia will be operating on Saturdays and Sundays from 9.00am until 3.00 p.m. The library is open to all staff and the public.

In conjuction with the KL Festival, The Department of Museum Malaysia will be having a Coconut Grater Demonstration at Gallery 2, Department of Museums Malaysia on 16th July 2008 from 9.00 am until 12.00 noon. Everyone is invited. Admission is free. For further information, please call Public Relations & Marketing Unit at 03-22826255 ext: 117 and visit http://www.jmm.gov.my.

Date : 1 Jul 2008 - 31 Jul 2008
Location : Orang Asli Crafts Museum, Department of Museums Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur

The Orang Asli or Aborigines are known for their arts and cultures. Their life is full of mystic and beliefs towards nature. Although some of them have been influenced by modernity, their arts and heritage remain intact. Among the crafts that they still preserve is carving of masks and sculptures as an activity during their leisure times and used for their ritual ceremonies.

Date : 01 Jul 2008 - 31 Jul 2008
Location: Gallery 2, Department of Museums Malaysia

The exhibition will highlight coconut grater and of its various shape and artistic value especially on the carving of the grater. The variety of shape and carving style are not only expressing the beauty of the art but as a testimony of creativity and technological advance of the community producing it. Symbolically, coconut grater holds a special place in any households, as this tool became a means of love between mother and child. Children used to wait for opportunities to sit behind their mothers while the mothers were busy grating the coconut. There is also a riddle in this that literally says “up on a horse, spread flowers”