Madani rakyat programme: Youth produces unity graffiti mural in three days

GEORGE TOWN: As soon as one enters the main gate of the Sungai Nibong Pesta site, a large mural depicting the country’s multi-racial community located on the left side of the main gate is very eye-catching. Themed “Unity”, the 44-foot-wide and 12-foot-long mural was one of the attractions for visitors on the last day of the Northern Zone Madani Rakyat 2024 Programme, which would draw its curtain down on Sunday (May 5). Even more impressive was that the hand-painted mural by graffiti artist Abdul Qoyyum Mohd, 31, was completed within three days from Friday, which was the first day of the Madani Rakyat 2024 Northern Zone Programme. Realising the ‘mission’ to complete the mural, Abdul Qoyyum said he set to work from morning to night to ensure the mural was fully completed according to Sunday’s schedule because he was producing the mural alone. “Usually this kind of graffiti mural painting takes a week to complete. In the demos (paintings) I make are 8×8 feet (banners), this is probably the biggest I’ve ever made for a short programme and by myself. “Before this there was also a team, but the other team members had already travelled abroad (other places). “It should...