Peranakan Chinese family keeps Kelantan’s ‘wayang kulit’ tradition alive

However, Kelantan wayang kulit practitioner Kang Boon Ann, a Peranakan Chinese, has no such concerns — his entire family is actively involved in staging wayang kulit , a traditional form of shadow puppetry, performances.

Affectionately known as Che Ann, he is the founder of the Sri Cindayu Wayang Kulit Association and is among the state’s better-known non-Malay wayang kulit practitioners. Today, he and his family are working hard to preserve an art form more closely associated with the Malay community.

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