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Manora: More Than a Ritualistic Dance
The Manora dance encapsulates human beings’ relationship with the mythical realm, and commemorates teachers, ancestors and elders.” The...


Perihal Kebudayaan Kebangsaan
“Apakah yang sudah dan akan terus terjadi kepada kerencaman budaya kita apabila negara semakin mengukuhkan kedaulatannya dengan menentukan a


GTLF2021: Dari Cermin Tilik Ke Mikro-Cosmos
Menyusun-atur GTLF pada tahun ini seperti berumah di tepi pantai. Kita merasa percikan air masinnya, tertiup oleh bayunya... Pertama kali...


Wayang Kulit: Surviving Beyond The Shadows
It is a journey of self-reflection and the replenishment of semangat. There were around forty people that night. Some of them, who...


Main Puteri — Poetics And Politics
“Whatever the term is, be it Main Puteri, Main Teri, or Pateri, the tradition is an expression of how human beings try to make sense of...


Kesunyian dan Media Sosial
Di sini, suara-suara bertanding untuk mendapatkan perhatian dan tindak-balas. Buat kesekian kalinya kita terkunci di rumah. Bagi...


Writing, Language, and Solitude
A reflection on the value of words and communicating through writing whether in rural Kelantan or in the present quarantine era.


Mak Yong and Cultural Cleansing in Kelantan (Part 2)
How the ban on traditional arts in Kelantan discourages old masters from teaching the young.


Mak Yong and Cultural Cleansing in Kelantan (Part 1)
The purest Malay art form is part psychotherapy and part dance-drama.
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