The bronze bull of Birmingham, it is not, and the Charging Bull in New York’s Wall Street? Not even close. But a statue of a water buffalo in east Malaysia’s Sarawak is having its day in the sun as a tourist attraction, thanks to its animated expression. The...
Confounded, but to a lesser degree than the buffalo, are local officials who are pleasantly taken aback by the newfound attention Serian has received thanks to the statue.
“Yes, of course I am surprised why it is suddenly making headlines ,” Mr John Ilus, a Sarawak state assemblyman for Bukit Semuja under the Serian federal constituency, told The Borneo Post.The statue has been in Taman Komuniti Serian, a public park in the centre of the town, for many years, Serian Chinese Chamber of Commerce president Lai Chau Liong said, but had largely gone under the radar until its recent appearance on social media.
“I am amazed, but thanks to social media, the water buffalo statue is in the limelight and attracted onlookers. We never thought of the statue until now,” he told Sarawakian news website Dayak Daily. “It is some sort of icon now, and Serian welcomes this as it could be a new landmark or tourist attraction and be good for the town.”
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