GEORGE TOWN: Haja Mohideen Mohd Shariff is a man who is on the top of everybody’s head during Ramadan in Penang – he is the foremost songkok-maker in town.
Haja Mohideen, 75, has been in the business for more than 60 years, but he is now making way for his protege.Abdul Kader, who has been learning the trade since 2009, said he is ready to take over and keep the trade alive because “no one else makes songkok like these anymore”.“There is no middleman and people deal with us directly. Many foreign tourists visit us to buy our songkok as souvenirs to take home,” he said at his shop along King Street here.
Besides the songkok, he said the Jinnah cap, a Pakistani design, is also popular and comes in various colours. “Those who order the tarbush usually say their grandfather or relatives used to wear them, and they want to emulate the style.“We source the materials locally and sometimes import from South Korea and India.”
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