Cultures come alive at World Heritage celebration

Hands-on event: Visitors trying their hand at decorating a kolam at Armenian Park.

GEORGE TOWN: Some learned to write their names in Jawi and Chinese scripts, some had their hands inked in beautiful henna art.

Others made wau bulan, wayang kulit puppets, wood blocks for printing, and even Indian decorative hangings called thoranam and drew colourful kolam on the ground.