Putrajaya International Islamic Arts & Culture Festival 2015 (PIIACUF 2015)
Although initially scheduled for four days only from 29th October, Putrajaya International Islamic Arts & Culture Festival 2015 (PIIACUF 2015) has been extended until 8th November, 2015 due to popular demand.
The annual PIIACUF, in its third year now, aims to establish Putrajaya as a centre of excellence for Islamic arts and culture.
Themed Treasures of the Silk Road & Spice Route, this year’s festival portrays the glorious history of the Silk Road and Spice Route, with key elements presented in a special exhibition which tells the story of how Islam was spread through trading along the overland Silk Road and maritime Spice Route since the third century.
Besides this, there are three other supporting exhibitions:
1. The Haramain: An exhibition of the two holy mosques of Mekah Mukaramah and Madina Munawarah
2. Calligraphy exhibition from IRCICA Turkey and Al Quran Mushhaf Malaysia from Yayasan Restu
3. Keris (Daggers) from Nusantara
Also included as part of the programme are various edutainment and living activities such as Islamic Fashion Show, Aulad zone for children’s interactive activities, cultural performances, bazaar souq, International Islamic Book Expo and more.
Do take note that even though the main events have wrapped up, all exhibitions are still open to the public until 8th November, 2015.
Participating Islamic countries include Turkey, Kuwait, Algeria, Brunei, Oman, Uzbekistan, China, Indonesia, Iran and Tunisia. Malaysia, as host country, naturally plays an important role in PIIACUF. The states of Kelantan and Johor also sent delegations to the festival.
These photos I am sharing today were shot on 30th October, 2015 during the launch of PIIACUF 2015.
Event: Putrajaya International Islamic Arts & Culture Festival 2015 (Treasures of the Silk Road & Spice Route)
Venue: Kompleks Perbadanan Putrajaya, Precinct 3, Putrajaya
Date: 29th Oct – 8th Nov, 2015
Time: 9am – 11pm
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Nice show. Putrajaya really going all out to try and turn Malaysia into an Arab country of the east. LOL.
Look so cool dear! Can see and experience different culture which is not available in Malaysia!
The islamic art looks so beautiful and creative also. Not forget they can be fashionable too! =D
A great way to embrace the beauty of Islamic arts. Spotted fashionable pieces too
nice exhibition with all the designs, will try to drop by before 8 Nov to experience and view the festival myself 🙂
Cheers
Great event! We get to know more about other cultures 🙂
I know very little about Islamic arts and culture, those traditional costumes it’s really eye opener for me 🙂
Love to see Islamic fashion has becoming better and better every year. I think it’ll be a good benefit for the public to learn more about Islamic arts culture 🙂
nice sharing, a good history lesson on how Islam was spread in the early days. I don’t think i’ll be dropping by though, but may google up more on this topic for more information 🙂
this is definitely a very interesting place to visit… too bad I missed out on it… =(
wow their costume design is really quite amazing and creative, i wonder if it would be a trend to wear them one day
definitely a very interesting event !
omg designs by Carven Ong so devil ^^
cool