MEK MULUNG Kesenian Perantaraan Manusia dan Kuasa Ghaib Warisan Kedah Tua

• Main Author: Zinitulniza Abdul Kadir 1971- (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: Malay
• Published: Kuala Lumpur Institut Terjemahan & Buku Malaysia 2014
• Subjects: Mek Mulung; Folk drama > Malaysia; Ethnology > Malaysia; Folk music > Malaysia; Folk dancing > Malaysia; Malaysia > Social life and customs
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• Physical Description: 121 pages colour photographs 30 cm
• ISBN: 9789674307721; 9674307729

Similar to the nature of most traditional Malay theatres, Mek Mulung is loaded with various elements of symbolism as well as dramatic actions rich in aesthetics. It fundamentally serves for the purpose of medication and respect for ancestors or ancestral spirits of several previous generations, in the belief that the practice is capable of protecting the heir from the distortion of nature and supernatural powers. However, the mystical scenario is no longer relevant, thus risking killing the survival of the performing arts of the Old Kedah heritage. The question is, should the art of the old treasures documenting part of the life of the Malay empire of the past be abandoned and gradually extinct? This book tries to bring justice to Mek Mulung. Between the supernatural beliefs and aesthetics of the show, among the purposes and examples, Mek Mulung is actually a folk art for the people, a symbol of the cultural civilization of the Kedah Darul Aman community, or called its hikayat, The State of Cahaya Bulan...