The whispers are back at Pasar Bisik

Ask and you shall receive: The price whispering practice seen in full swing at Pasar Bisik in Kuala Muda, on the Kedah side of the Kedah-Penang border. — ZHAFARAN NASIB/The Star

KEPALA BATAS: Whispering to each other was impossible during the Covid-19 pandemic, but now that life is back to normal, the unique hush of the Pasar Bisik fisherman’s market is back.

For two years, during the movement control order, fishermen and buyers at Pasar Bisik in Kota Kuala Muda were forced to break their century-old tradition of conducting sales by murmuring into each other’s ears.