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Adiguru Cendana Programme is focused to support artists in specialised areas such as oral traditions, music, dance, theatre, storytelling, visual arts and craft. Picture courtesy of Cendana
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 14 The Cultural Economy Development Agency (Cendana) and cultural organisation, Pusaka, have inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to further boost the traditional arts scene in Malaysia.
The MoU marked the initial point of collaboration between both organisations to work towards enhancing sustainability, visibility and preservation of the masters of the traditional arts or those who are experienced and committed practitioners of the traditional arts in Malaysia.
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MEMORIALS are not just static pieces of art, they also hold a deeper meaning by representing community memory and illustrating our past.
They give us a sense of place, a sense of location and a sense of context, says Eddin Khoo, a writer and founder-director of cultural organisation Pusaka.
“They serve to psychologically tell us that we have a past. The past essentially gives meaning to our environment and to ourselves. When you have a historical vacuum you are almost floating as a person, as a community and nation, ” he says.