Amid Unesco cultural heritage bid, Malaysian experts worry about dying art of 'kebaya' embroidery

KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 — Growing up in Penang in the 1950s and 1960s, Lily Yew said there were kebaya makers everywhere.

: Knowledge, Skills, Traditions and Practices" for the Unesco list alongside Brunei, Indonesia, Singapore and Thailand, emphasised the importance of maintaining the traditional item of clothing for the initiative to succeed.represents and celebrates a shared historical legacy and is still worn by communities across South-east Asia.

However, it is a different story when it comes to embroiderers because of the complexity of producingare imported from neighbouring countries like Indonesia and southern Thailand as the price is also much cheaper,” she said.

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