Ridwan Ahmad, who has 100 palas trees in his rubber plantation in Kampung Koklang harvesting daun palas for the festive season.
DESPITE his medical condition, a daun palas seller in Kangar, Perlis, is striving to make sure there is sufficient supply of the leaves for Hari Raya Aidilfitri this year.
Every morning, Mat Hamid, 58, accompanied by his wife Shakira Abdullah, 52, can be seen at the exit of Pasar Besar Sena waiting for customers who need daun palas to make ketupat daun palas, one of the famous Raya delicacies in the state.
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Ridwan Ahmad, who has 100 palas trees in his rubber plantation in Kampung Koklang harvesting daun palas for the festive season.
Six-year-old Nik Nur Maisarah Imani helping her mother harvest daun palas in Kampung Koklang, Padang Besar in Perlis.
Hasnifazlina Hassan, 36, showing the ketupat daun palas that she and her friend Robiah Mat, 50, prepared in Padang Besar, Perlis. They sell some two tonnes of the ketupat annually during Hari Raya.
PADANG BESAR, 7 Mei -- Aktiviti membalut ketupat palas di Kampung Kok Klang di sini. Pengusaha ketupat palas Hasnifazlina Hassan, 36, berkata kira-kira 90 hingga 100 kilogram ketupat dihasilkan setiap hari sepanjang Ramadan dan proses penyediaannya mengambil masa kira-kira 12 hingga 16 jam untuk disiapkan. --fotoBERNAMA (2021) HAK CIPTA TERPELIHARA
Daun palas shells are being used to prepare ketupat daun palas pulut hitam in Kampung Paya Palas, Mukim Air Putih in Pendang, Kedah. — Bernama
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