After call for Mak Yong’s return, Kelantan says reviewing its Shariah-compliance
Rohana Abdul Kadir in the lead role of Pak Yong, during the opening sequence of Menghadap Rebab. — Picture by Wong Horngyih, courtesy of Pusaka
State Culture, Tourism and Heritage Committee chairman Datuk Md Anizam Abd Rahman was quoted saying that Mak Yong show organisers will have to first be reviewed whether their shows follow Kelantan’s regulations. “At the moment, no Mak Yong show is allowed in the state but the committee members are in the final stages of assessing the matter,” he told, a United Nations special rapporteur had urged the Kelantan state government to lift the ban on Mak Yong, shadow puppet theatre wayang kulit, and other traditional Malay art forms.
Mak Yong had been performed in the region for nearly a millennium, and historians believe it was brought to Kelantan around 200 years ago.― telling stories dating back to the Srivijaya Empire in the 7th century, and the times of the legendary Kelantan queen Che Siti Wan Kembang who was believed to have ruled between the 14th and 16th century.
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