Art market called Central Market is quite unique. Central Market is a meeting place for three cultures of India, China and Malaysia.
Central market is divided into 3 categories of culture. The first one, so we entered this area, we see the art of Indian culture. There Hena, artwork from silver, scarves with bright colors, paintings of The Master, bangles are very striking and a variety of jewelry that is very Indian at all.
The second area of ??art, dominated by Chinese culture. The shops that sell these items usually display a lot of lanterns, bracelets made of jade or pearls, a statue of Buddha or Cheong Sam’s clothes.
Area third and most extensive art are the stores that sell goods that embraces the art of Malay culture. The goods are not much different from the goods of Indonesia. There batik, pacthwork (fashion item of patchwork), painted canvas shoes, summer dress Balinese, artwork in the form of puppet people, bags of beads, and there is also a similar craft centers like kiosks by-by in Yogyakarta.
Prices in the Central Market can be fairly expensive. For the scarf around RM 5 to RM 20, or approximately USD 15 thousand to Rp 58 thousand. Painting shoes average around RM 60 or USD 172 thousand. Lantern average sale price of RM 38 or about USD 109 thousand. Batik dress from RM 25 to RM 150 or about USD 72 thousand to USD 429 thousand.
At the Central Market are also many painters who sell their works. Tips from me to shop at this place is, buy items you really want. Because the price is hard to come down and things pretty much found in Indonesia.
To get to this place, you just ride the monorail from Bukit Bintang Station to Hang Tuah. Then proceed by bus to the Art Market Station. This market is very interesting to visit at night because there are some performances from local musicians Malaysia. Trully art market huh?
