A celebration of Malaysian cultural traditions, featuring master performers from diverse communities throughout Malaysia. Featuring: 1) Portuguese dance by 1511 O Malio Malio – Malacca The music and dance of the Portuguese-Eurasian community of Malacca is characteristically cheerful and vivacious, using instruments such as guitars and tambourine, accordion, tambour or the Malay rebana. Couples dance […]

PUSAKA, as part of DiverseCity 2015: Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival, is proud to present for the first time ever in Malaysia, the world-famous Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre troupe from Hanoi, Vietnam. Founded in 1969, the Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre has performed throughout the world, and participated in many international art festivals, including […]

The Saman dance is part of the cultural heritage of the Gayo people from the Gayo Lues sub-district in the Aceh province in Sumatra. In November 24, 2011, UNESCO officially recognized Aceh’s traditional Saman dance as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, and in need of UNESCO’s urgent protection. The ASEAN Tourism […]

PUSAKA is proud to present, as part of DiverseCity 2015: Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival, the first ever performance in Malaysia by legendary Burmese dance theatre company, Shwe Mann Thabin, featuring 25 of Myanmar’s greatest living dancers and musicians. Renowned dance master, Shwe Mann U Win Maung, is flying in to Kuala Lumpur all the […]

1) Tarian Saman from Aceh The Saman dance is part of the cultural heritage of the Gayo people from the Gayo Lues district in the Aceh province in Sumatra. In November 24, 2011, UNESCO officially recognized Aceh’s traditional Saman dance as a Masterpiece of Oral and Intangible Heritage of Humanity, and in need of UNESCO’s […]

“Soaring…vibrant…music fueled by its own jubilation” – NY Times PUSAKA, as part of DiverseCity 2015: Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival, is proud to present for the first time ever in Malaysia, the leaders of one of Pakistan’s most popular ensembles, the Mehr and Sher Ali brothers. 19th September, 2015 More details coming soon… Mehr and […]

PUSAKA is proud to present, as part of DiverseCity 2015: Kuala Lumpur International Arts Festival, Kumpulan Wayang Kulit Sri Warisan Pusaka from Pasir Mas, Kelantan. The group is led by Abdul Rahman Dollah (Dalang Nawi) and Mohamad Hassan Noor. They are both diciples of the late great Tok Dalang Abdullah Ibrahim, famously known as Tok […]