Graffiti artist honours his Minangkabau roots across Malaysia

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Gadang One has been creating spray-paint artworks for close to two decades.  Story by: Theevya Ragu Shot by: Moganraj Villavan Edited by:Maheshan   Read More: https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/leisure/2025/12/01/graffiti-artist-pays-tribute-to-his-minangkabau-roots    Free Malaysia Today is an independent, bi-lingual news portal with a focus on Malaysian current affairs.    Subscribe to our channel - http://bit.ly/2Qo08ry   ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Check us out at https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com Follow FMT on Facebook: https://bit.ly/49JJoo5 Follow FMT on Dailymotion: https://bit.ly/2WGITHM Follow FMT on X: https://bit.ly/48zARSW  Follow FMT on Instagram: https://bit.ly/48Cq76h Follow FMT on TikTok : https://bit.ly/3uKuQFp Follow FMT Berita on TikTok: https://bit.ly/48vpnQG  Follow FMT Telegram - https://bit.ly/42VyzMX Follow FMT LinkedIn - https://bit.ly/42YytEb Follow FMT Lifestyle on Instagram: https://bit.ly/42WrsUj Follow FMT on WhatsApp: https://bit.ly/49GMbxW  ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download FMT News App: Google Play – http://bit.ly/2YSuV46 App Store – https://apple.co/2HNH7gZ Huawei AppGallery - https://bit.ly/2D2OpNP  #FMTLifestyle

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00:00I'll see you next time.

00:30Actually Gadang is a character, it's a house, it's a Minang house actually, Gadang.

00:47In Minang called Rumah Gadang.

00:50So I use that Gadang as a character itself.

00:54So that's why you see the Gadang, the horn, it's like a shape like that.

01:02So it's from Minang Kabao.

01:03And actually my ancestor is from Minang Kabao.

01:06So I've been doing it as a, you know, where I come from, my roots.

01:11So I try to apply it here.

01:13But basically what I do is like, when I paint like this,

01:17I just want to give back to the community.

01:19To beautify the place, you know, to make sure people happy with that and so on.

01:25Sometimes we give like a positive codes.

01:29Every time we give a positive code to make sure, you know, help out people's life.

01:34This was a nice day.

01:35We'll see you next time.

01:36Bye.

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