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There is a boom in privately owned and run museums in Penang. With themes ranging from the colonial to the downright quirky, their primary objective is to share histories and local cultures, attracting both selfie-loving locals and curious tourists.

Last year, Think City collaborated with a private KL-based art gallery, ZART Gallery (led by Penang-born architect Zaini Zainul), in art-led place-making project Butterworth Art Walk (BAW), which attempts to integrate street art into heritage conservation.

Historically, Noh is a form of theatre involving narrative, music, dance and drama, originating in fourteenth-century Japan, though its roots go even further back – drawing on ritual celebrations, popular entertainments, traditional dances and courtly music.

Leaving home is painful but unavoidable for many: the unbearable longing for familiar comforts both tangible and intangible, the rhythmic music of the sape’, the sounds of the forest, the songs of the people and the hypnotic dances of celebration.

The term “Orang Asli”, or “original people”, is a collective appellation for the 18 ethnic tribes “officially classified for administrative purposes under Negrito, Senoi and Aboriginal Malay”.