Seeing Penang from new angles April 28, 2021 – Posted in: In The News

IF a picture is worth a thousand words, then George Town Festival’s maiden publication of Penang at a Glance tells hundreds of fascinating stories. The 96-page photobook contains images of the state’s landscapes, streets, festivals, celebrations, people, arts and culture plus much more. The photos were taken by four local shutterbugs – engineers Govindarajoo Selvathurai and Thum Chia Chieh, civil servant Oh Chin Eng and professional photographer Sherwynd Rylan Kessler. Natives of Penang looking at…

Menulis sejarah orang kalah April 21, 2021 – Posted in: In The News

Oleh DR MUHAMIN SULAM / April 17, 2021 Buku ‘Batu Uban. Sejarah Awal Pulau Pinang’ tulisan Prof Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican dianugerahkan sebagai buku terbaik dalam kategori buku sejarah sempena Majlis Anugerah Buku Negara baru-baru ini. Beliau bukanlah terdidik dalam disiplin sejarah dan bukan pakar sejarah. Namun karyanya itu, saya anggap sebagai sejarah orang kalah. Orang asal Pulau Pinang adalah ‘orang kalah’. Mungkin sebagai anak tempatan, Prof Dr. Ahmad Murad Merican cuba bangun menolak pemikiran yang sedia…

Can Mak Yong survive another decade? April 14, 2021 – Posted in: In The News

A. Kathirasen “But we Malaysians are different. We want the name and the prestige, but when it comes to action we turn into stone. The only thing left for Mak Yong, it appears, is to die out.” Mak Yong was declared a Masterpiece of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) in 2005. The recognition followed the submission of a paper on the traditional Malay…