https://www.scmp.com/rss/325925/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com In the northern Malaysian states of Kelantan and Terengganu, and the Pattani region of southern Thailand, there is a centuries-old traditional dance-drama called Mak Yong. The art form was declared a “masterpiece of humanity” by Unesco in 2005, and added to the Intangible Cultural Heritage list, but has been banned from public showing for the past 26 years by Kelantan’s conservative Islamist state government. Not even a recent call to lift the ban by the UN Special Rapporteur for cultural... https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2122140/what-malaysian-dance-banned-immoral-islamists-says-about-culture?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/society/article/2122140/what-malaysian-dance-banned-immoral-islamists-says-about-culture?utm_source=rss_feed Thu, 30 Nov 2017 03:15:45 +0000