State executive councillor Kamarudin Nor says the state government and the tourism, arts and culture ministry are also working to obtain patents for mak yong and wayang kulit.
The Kelantan state government is seeking patent protection for the wau and other heritage items.
State executive councillor Kamarudin Nor, who handles the tourism and heritage portfolio, said the patent applications were to ensure that the heritage assets are preserved as the intellectual property of Kelantan. Budu is Kelantan’s traditional anchovy sauce, the wau is the traditional bow-shaped Kelantan kite, silat jawi is a martial art said to originate from the state, while dikir barat is a traditional musical form that involves singing in groups.
Mak yong, a traditional dance-drama originating from the northern part of Malaysia, was banned by the PAS-led state government for its alleged animist elements. The dance has been declared by Unesco as among the “Masterpieces of the Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity” in 2005.
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