Local Hakka girl dances into artist’s heart

Hakka dancing girl: The mural by Russian artist Julia Volchkova (right) is a testament to the thriving Hakka culture in Balik Pulau. — GARY CHEN/TheStar

BALIK PULAU: The Hakka Dancing Girl mural by Russian artist Julia Volchkova is a testament to the thriving Hakka culture in this rural town.

It depicts Hakka dancer Pang Yi Chuen, 25, doing a merry twirl. This 10m-tall and 12m-wide painting is on the exterior side wall of a pre-war house not far from the town’s roundabout.