Statue of a Sikh guard outside the Chinese Khoo Clanhouse Khoo Kongsi in George Town in Penang Island in Malaysia in Far East Southeast Asia.

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Statue of a Sikh guard outside the Khoo clan house, Khoo Kongsi, in George Town in Penang Island in Malaysia in Southeast Asia. A Kongsi is a clan house, a building that's partly a temple and partly a meeting hall for Chinese of the same clan or surname. Sikhs were employed due to their reliable nature.

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Size: 4608px × 4551px
Location: Khoo Kongsi Clanhouse in George Town in Penang Island in Malaysia in Southeast Asia
Photo credit: © Shaun Higson / Penang / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

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