Casual walk (or not so) at Lebuh Aceh

Continued from A look at the waters facing Pulau Jerejak.

Just before dusk we arrived at the street called Lebuh Aceh.

Once upon a time the street and its surrounding was a Malay majority area. In fact it was THE place to gather and spend nights at for Muslims from half if not all the Malay Archipelago before taking ships to do the haj or pilgrim in Mecca.

Now, one is hardpressed to find evidence of Malay or Muslim control.

Sure it has its own attractions like this second-hand market I came across.

But does this reflect any Malay/Muslim control over it, over a place with the name Aceh still resounding as a once strong Muslim nation in South-East Asia? You tell me...

Another attraction is this mansion turned into an Islamic museum. Casually one would not notice anything except happy looking on-goings. But on deeper introspection, Lebuh Aceh nowadays started to smell like Kampung Gelam in Singapura where the Malays and their values seemed to have become like museum items for show.