MUSIC VIDEO: NAUNGAN’S ‘MALAYSIA’
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Naungan, a newly-formed multicultural group of native musicians, has picked the fitting season to launch its first recording, an instrumental model of Malaysia (a track by Faizal Tahir).
The traditional-meets-classical group, which incorporates Yi Mann (a gu zheng participant), Anderson Kalang (a sape participant), Abisheg M (a sitar participant), Asri Sharizan (keromong), Vick Ramakrishnan (tabla), Amir Percussion (rebana asli), Alex Rocksta’ (ukelele), and Toro Cheng (keyboard), has clicked into artistic gear rapidly.
The Malaysia video – wholeheartedly endorsed by singer Faizal – exhibits this cultural melting pot of a collaboration coming along with ease in a video shot on the Shah Alam Stadium. The track was produced by Rockstars Production.
“When a group of musicians come together to play, there is no distinction between skin colour, religion, and culture; there is just music. In this video, we are translating our love for our country into music with our rendition of the song Malaysia.
“Instruments across all cultures in Malaysia meld together in a song dedicated to all Malaysians, transcending boundaries and uniting hearts through arts. This Hari Kebangsaan and Hari Malaysia, we hope this song will bring joy and love to our Malaysian brothers and sisters,” outlines a media assertion from the manufacturing crew.
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A display screen shot of ‘Okong Tales’, which is an motion story recreation that includes Sabahan folklore.
VIRTUAL GAME: 48-HOUR FOLKLORE GAME JAM
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The National Academy of Arts, Culture, and Heritage’s (Aswara) Faculty of Animation and Multimedia not too long ago hosted a 48-hour Folklore Game Jam, with members bringing to life the numerous feminine people heroes of Malaysia and the Nusantara area.
From historic Inderapura’s Puteri Walinong Sari to the Sabahan legend of Okong Srikandi Sungai, these video games lined a variety of people tales and genres. Participants had been inspired to maintain their online game narratives localised, with no Western-centric references.
Check out every entry of the 48-Hour Folklore Game Jam here.
VIRTUAL ART: SIRI PENGABSAHAN ZAPIN JOHOR – ZAPIN DINJAT / GINJAT
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This digital sequence by the Nusantara Performing Arts Research Center is an initiative to popularise numerous types of zapin from Johor districts in a bid to make sure that it’s preserved and continues to be practised.
This episode – in Bahasa Malaysia – focuses on zapin dinjat or ginjat. This zapin has quicker and extra aggressive actions. Men dance in pairs, with fast tip-toe steps and robust, barely aggressive Marwas (small double-sided, high-pitched hand drum) beats. The video will even embody a moderated dialogue with Salimi Mohd Shah and Mohd Iskandar Shah Abdullah, each college students of the late Suhairi Adam, a zapin dinjat Adiguru from a village close to Sarang Buaya in Johor.
WEBINAR: BWM TALK SERIES
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The Art Deco model, which first appeared in France in 1925, is thought for its smooth and anti-traditional design, which symbolised wealth and sophistication.
In this two-part webinar sequence by Badan Warisan Malaysia, the moderators delve into Art Deco types in Mumbai, India and Kuala Lumpur.
Architect and Badan Warisan Malaysia’s council member Anand Krishnan moderated the Of Eyebrows and Flagpoles: Art Deco in Malaysia session. It featured architect Yvonne Leong and senior lecturer Simon Soon. Explore Art Deco in Nineteen Thirties Kuala Lumpur structure by means of a sequence of buildings that had been designed by Arthur Oakley Coltman of Booty, Edwards & Partners.
The discuss goals to establish a few of Art Deco’s distinctively playful stylistic options in the capital metropolis. Atul Kumar, Founder Trustee, Art Deco Mumbai Trust, however, will take you on a digital tour of choose Art Deco buildings and contextualise this contemporary architectural improvement in Mumbai. The metropolis boasts the world’s second-largest assortment of Art Deco buildings.
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‘Red Velvet’ written by Penang-born playwright Yusof Bakar. Photo: Handout
VIRTUAL THEATRE: RED VELVET
Date and Time: Until Aug 28, 8.30pm
Penang-based playwright Yusof Bakar’s Red Velvet is a darkish comedy that tackles hard-hitting themes comparable to paedophilia, hidden predators, psychological breakdown and the implications of the dearth of intercourse schooling.
Directed by Azizi Nazril, this Bahasa Malaysia play centres on Ain who suffers from Stockholm Syndrome when kidnapped by Amar and Aaron. She turns into connected to her captors and continues to have a relationship with them. At the identical time, Ain has an affair with Ai Ling. Several years later, her mother and father discover out about her illicit actions. They confront her and she is pressured to decide on between Amar, Aaron and Ai Ling. She reveals her alternative at her seventeenth celebration. The play stars Natashalanz, Villmett Thanakody, Fohcuys and Daphne Fang. You also can catch Red Velvet on-site at Revolution Stage Studio.
Red Velvet, ticketed, may be streamed through Revolution Stage’s web site.
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