Beras Terbakar, Kampung Raja, Langkawi, Kedah. — Attraction in Kedah

Burnt rice was discovered when the land owner built this house. Actually it's a private land but they are opening their place for visiting and to see burnt rice and the place where it was discovered. Why this place important is, it's an evidence of an ancient battle was happened here. So it makes us feeling that we are standing and living on continuous history from the ancient people.

Read explanation in there. Actually you can find it from the other user's photo.

Fyi, to get here, you need to enter through the batik market. Ask someone if you can't find. If you're reached at a community mosque, you need to come back and...

It is sad that this historical place does not offer more interactive experience or more historical info; only a few boards with big pictures and little stories.

Heading to this place, you would have to walk through an esplanade of shops that sell beautiful batik clothes and minyak panas.

The last shop on left sell beautiful batik but i had to sit through a lecture about the “benefit of early marriage” and story of his whole family member’s career & education before i got to pay for my batik 😅

Anyway, if you are cramped for time, you can skip this place and read the history online, which is more in...

This is historical landmark of langkawi.. Locally the place is known as Beras Terbakar which means Field of Burnt Rice. Although there is nothing much to see there now, it has a lot of historic significance. When the battle broke out between Siam and Langkawi at Pancur Straits in 1821, at one stage the then chief of Langkawi's Army Dato Kemboja realized that soon the Siamese would capture the island. Other than that you can see small portion shop that sell minyak gamat, kain batik and...