Laman Padi Museum
Malaysia - Langkawi - Kuala Lumpur - Penang
Location
The museum is located in the popular island of Pantai Cenang. It hardly takes 10 minutes to reach the museum from the airport.
Accessibility
You can take regular flights from Kuala Lumpur to the Padang Matsirat airport. You can avail the Keretapi Tanah Melayu Berhad that connects Kuala Lumpur to Kedah. The pace is also accessible through roadways and waterways.
Interiors
Located in a spacious complex, the museum houses many traditional equipments
and technology that are involved in rice cultivation, planting and harvesting.
The equipments and the devices used were specially those that were largely practiced
in Langkawi and Kedah.Beside these tools the Laman Padi Museum also displays
a handful numbers of fishing traps that originally made of bamboo. The museum
also has a few replicas of traditional rice- based foods.
The roof top gives you have a glimpse of the different types of rice growing in paddy fields of miniature sizes. After going through the entire process all you can do is see the post harvest activities.
Surroundings
The museum is surrounded by several plots of paddy fields. The scare crows, the hens with the tiny chicks following close to it, the huts, and the buffaloes- all give a complete rustic look. The rustic look that the museum embraces, the smell of the wet lands, the paddy fields webs a simple rustic atmosphere that is an inseparable par of the northern part of Malaysia.
The standing water of the paddy fields supports many fresh water fishes that primarily include the puyu and the sepat. These fishes are rarely found in the present-day fields which stresses mainly on commercial farming. As commercial farming lays main stress on productivity, usage of pesticides is nothing new. Regular usage of pesticides increases productivity on one hand with a proportionate harm afflicted on the natural life.
Other attractions
Though the place has recently been focusing on many diverse activities, in addition
to paddy cultivation and harvesting, the Laman Padi Museum still retains its
old grace and charm. The area now shares an artist colony. After enjoying the
beautiful Laman Padi museum, you can enjoy a traditional Malay food in the restaurants.
Also rejuvenate yourself by a visit to the Malay spa.
There is also a floating garden, a traditional rice village and a herbal garden. Also be a part of the mirth and festivity during the rice based food demonstrations and exhibitions that take place during the all the year around.
Admission
The museum is open on all days from 10 am to 6 pm for the visitors. Admission to the museum is free for children below 12. Adults require paying RM 2 as entry charges.
If you are interested to form a candid picture of the history and development of the rice industry visit the Laman Padi Museum of Langkawi.
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