Tuesday, October 5, 2010

Tortura Exhibition


During the 5th day of Hari Raya, we were at the Tortura exhibition at the Kelantan State Museum. Sambil beraya di rumah sanak sedara, kami beraya di muzium juga..

Kelantan State Museum is at Jalan Hospital, Kota Bharu


The exhibition is actually held in Malaysia for the 3rd time. It was held in Malacca (for the 2nd time) last year. Tortura also has been shown in many historical and illustrious cities across Europe, Japan, Argentina and Mexico.

The exhibition features 200 pictures, diagrams and actual instruments of torture and punishment from various parts of Europe during the medieval era . It depicts the disturbing, yet captivating methods and materials used by those in authority over citizens of different races, religions, languages, social status, gender and opinions from the norm. The purpose of the exhibition is to create awareness- against the violation of human rights


The grim, dark and gloomy atmosphere inside the museum as visitors watch the horror the victims could have gone through


As you walked into the exhibition hall, you would hear the eerie Gothic Music. I memang allergic dengan music Gothic tu...Seram you!!!! Dahlah gelap! The thought of seeing the 'actual' instruments being used to torture people is really disturbing...I was actually quite nervous as I walked inside the museum..I ni memang penakut!!!


A black cloaked figure greeted us at the entrance of an exhibition room. Saje je dorang letak situ nak bagi kita terkejut!


Nevertheless, my children and their cousins showed no sign of fear at all. Riang gembira je tengok pameran tu! Siap lari2 ke sana- sini main cak2 kat patung tu.. As for me, I know the black cloaked figure isn't real but still takut jugak when I walked passed by it!


There are details, pictures and diagrams which described how these instruments are being used on the victims









Human's cage


A head crusher -the victim's chin is placed on the lower bar and the cap forced down by the screws


Those are breast rippers!!! Yang ni tak payah explainlah kan..you can just imagine..




The Inquisitional Chair (chairs blanketed with iron spikes), used in central Europe up till 1846.

The Iron Maiden of Nuremberg- A victim was placed inside and the door shut slowly so that the very sharp points penetrated her arms and legs.





Jock's Mare- The victim was forced to ride on the sharp back of the instrument while increasingly heavy weight were attached to his feet


Branks-some had iron mouth pieces that permenantly mutilated the tongue with sharp spikes and blades.





Tortura Exhibition at Kelantan State Museum from 13 September to 13 December 2010


We also went to the other parts of the museum where you could learn more about Kelantan's culture and heritage. Days after the visit to the museum, I could still hear the eerie music in my ears!



26 comments:

  1. crazy huh.. torturing people like that...
    couldn't & don't want to imagine how those people went thru that..

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  2. TK Sensei,
    Eeeuuwww! No way we're going to visit that. Reminds me of a bad James Bond movie. purrr....meow!

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  3. Waawww...TK, habis Raya langsung lihat yang horor2 neh...haha..
    Tapi asyik juga tuh liat foto-fotonya... meskipun pastinya ga seseram jika melihat langsung..
    Keren!!

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  4. is this the real things? ish seram wei pernah kill mangsa sebelum ni ish i lepas visit keranda tuhari tobat dahhhhhhhh eeeee seriau sis nak tidur malam heheh

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  5. Just dreadful to think how much pain and suffering was inflicted on those poor souls!
    Glad we don't live in such times...

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  6. EEE..tengok gambar pun dah seram,..lagi la nak pegi...eeee...meremang bulu roma dah ni..

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  7. huwaaa tgk all those pics pun dah mcm torture hehehe

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  8. Wah seramnya. Must be some people with evil minds who could think of creating these torturous stuffs.

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  9. Can't imagine the cruelty of a human heart to commit the act of torture onto another human being. How evil and sinful! I'm glad most of the world got rid of these painful punishments. I wonder how on earth someone can devise these things? Probably sitting in a dark room and thinking to themselves, "hmmm...what best way to torture a person the most painful way..."

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  10. People were so cruel back then, such painful punishments. Well they are not much better now, only different types of "torture", human rights and all....

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  11. uish .. so cruel .. unimaginable ...

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  12. nhalilah- Byk lagi yg kejam2 tapi I tak ambik gambar. Tak terambil!

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  13. CatInSydney- Your place is a pet shop...it's actually even worse than James Bond movies..

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  14. Nensa- ya betul..dalam gambar tak seram..is u see it for yourself rasa seram banget!

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  15. Joy- ye la..kalau pegi sana lagi seram..

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  16. Ermayum-mostly mmg real..nampak sgt barang2 lama. Masa kat situ I takut je kena badi bende2 tu..

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  17. Nat- Yes u r right! Thank God we do not live in those area..

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  18. Azmiezas- ye la mmg meremang bulu roma masuk situ..

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  19. LadyOfLeisure- yela kita yg tengok ni pun dah torture dah..Gambar2 kat situ semua mengerikan..I tak sanggup nak snap.

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  20. Nana- and those tortorous stuffs are still used until today mcm the inquisitional chair- zaman skrg we have electricity..so it becomes electric inquisitional chair!

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  21. RoseBelle- yea..I also wonderhow these cruel people came out with all these ideas..so bad..so sad..

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  22. I am Amsterdam- takde bezanya..most of the torturous instruments are still used until today!

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  23. Hidayah- yap..so cruel..horrible!

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  24. kalau bayar seribu pun rasanya tak sanggup nak pegi tengok

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  25. I don't think I would make it out of there alive...brave kids you've got!

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