Foreign cultures that appeared in Malaysia (redo)

Cat Museum Kuching,Sarawak.

This building is under Kuching North City Hall.The Cat Museum is located inside the building.This building seems to be related to Egyptian culture.The museum covers an area of 1035.9 square meters on top of the hill called Bukit Siol which stands 60 metres above the sea level. 

Ancient Egyptians shaved their eyebrows in mourning when the family cat died. Malays attached superstitions to cats believing they possesed supernatural powers.

In Medival times, black cats were associated with witchcraft and there is a javanese instrument, the saron that is shaped like a cat with extended paws and an open mouth.These are some of the facts found in the Cat museum.

A mummyfied cat found at Beni Hassan in Egypt sometime between 3000BC-3500 BC is displayed in the museum. They found the feline mummy bound in different coloured, chemically treated bandages.

An information board in the same gallery tells how the grain growing egyptians were the first people to domesticate cats.They became revered animals because their culinary preference for rats and mice. Important indeed, in the great granaries of Egypt.

Anyone who killed a cat was put to death. Ancient Egyptians had a cat goddess named Bastet who supposedly protected crops, made rain and symbolised motherhood.

(Personally, i think that it's quite unbelievable that cats are having high status in Egypt that killing of cats leads to death).

 The Old Courthouse Complex. One of the most attractive buildings in Kuching and was built in 1874. It was the scene of many historic events and sittings of the state legislature, the Dewan Undangan Negeri was held here between 1878 and 1973. The design is colonial and the spacious and airy verandah is supported by strong pillars. An iron fence with intricate design on its surrounds a smaller verandah at the front of the building. The design of the fence and pillars is classical Rome. 

                                                            Old Courthouse Complex

Sarawak Musuem.It was built in 1891 and was extended to its present form in 1911.The building was especially built to permanently house and display local native arts and craft and collection of local animals. It is rectangular,44'x160' with walls and pillars od bricks and roof of belian and concrete. It has European architecture in Queen Anne style (victorian period ).