Cultural Performances in Kelantan

We have watched two documentaries about cultural performances in Kelantan in the class. First one is produced by UM students and the second one is produced by UTAR stduents. 

In the documentary which was done by UM students, they talked about Mak Yong. Before I watched the documentary, I had no idea at all that what is Mak Yong. After watching the documentary, I finally understand that Mak Yong is a traditional dance drama in Kelantan. The documentary provides sufficient information as they interviewed the performers of Mak Yong. Whole video is very informative and I like it.

Mak Yong

In the documentary which was produced by UTAR students, they talked about several cultural performances in Kelantan such as Main Puteri, Mak Yong and Wayang Kulit. The whole video is very informative too. It is very well-edited as compared to UM students' documentary. However, the only thing which I find it quite hard to understand about the UTAR documentary is that it does not have any subtitles. Therefore I only focus on the visuals and try to understand instead. 

Main Puteri

Wayang Kulit

So for both videos I would say that they are very useful and informative especially to those who are interested in Malaysia arts and cultural performances. The question I want to ask the UTAR seniors is that what software and how did you guys edit the front part of the video (it was super cool!) ? And what are the challenges you have faced when filming this documentary?

VIRAL, SIAL!

Viral, Sial! is a short documentary film which was directed by David Buri. This video is about the issue of Aisyah Tajuddin, a BFM journalist criticizing the government who implements hudud law in Kelantan and does not really help the flood victims in Kelantan instead. After a video of her talking about this issue is posted on the social media network, many extreme religious people bash her and threaten her as she is viewed as she does not respect Islam and Allah. Some netizens even said that they want to rape and kill her. This issue has gone viral and the NGOs want to arrest Aisyah Tajuddin. Link of her video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WlS08K6ssQk

Well, in my point of view, I think that instead of blaming her for her "disrespectfulness" of Islam and Allah, the government should look into this matter thoroughly. Government does not help the Kelantan-ese is a fact. I really had no idea of how pitiful the flood victims in Kelantan are and how the effects of the flood look like until I watched the video of VIRAL, SIAL!   

Therefore I hope the netizens should really think twice before bashing Aisyah Tajuddin, as in my opinion, what she said is really a strong fact.